Alamogordo Man Caught with Unregistered Firearm, Sentenced to Prison
Kenneth Colby Miller, 31, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating federal firearms laws by possessing an unregistered firearm.
Miller was arrested on April 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of an unregistered firearm. According to the complaint, on December 3, 2014, an officer with the Roswell Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop on Miller’s vehicle in Chaves County, New Mexico.
After conducting a consensual search of Miller’s vehicle, the officer recovered a single shot ‘sawed-off’ shotgun with no visible serial number or manufacturer’s markings. After further investigation, Miller’s background also revealed that he had been convicted twice of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and reckless driving.
On July 1, 2015, Miller pled guilty to a felony information charging him with possession of an unregistered firearm. In entering the guilty plea, Miller admitted that on December 3, 2014, he possessed a sawed-off 20 gauge shotgun which did not have a serial number and was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Roswell Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Luis A. Martinez of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.
Background checks revealed that Miller has a history of reckless behavior, with two previous convictions for unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and reckless driving.
Mandatory Facts – Kenneth Colby Miller, 31
* Defendant Name: Kenneth Colby Miller
* Crime: Possession of an unregistered firearm
* City and State: Alamogordo, New Mexico
* Date of Arrest: April 30, 2015
* Date of Crime: December 3, 2014
* Sentence or Outcome: 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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