Kimberly G. Yarnavick, Falsifying Firearms Forms, Pennsylvania 2010

A Johnstown woman has been sentenced in federal court for making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer.

Kimberly G. Yarnavick, 48, of Johnstown, Pa., was sentenced to three years probation with the first eight months to be served under home confinement, according to United States Attorney David J. Hickton.

The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson.

Yarnavick was convicted of making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer, a felony offense under federal law.

The charges stem from three separate incidents in 2009 and 2010, in which Yarnavick knowingly made false statements to Sporting Goods Discounters, a federally licensed firearms dealer, in an effort to deceive the dealer about the true identity of the firearms buyers.

On July 15, 2009, Yarnavick purchased a Hi Point pistol, on February 5, 2010, she purchased a Phoenix pistol, and on March 3, 2010, she purchased an American Arms pistol, all with false statements about being the actual buyer of the firearms.

Assistant United States Attorney John J. Valkovci, Jr., prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Johnstown Police Department for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Yarnavick.

The case was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a collaborative effort by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and communities to prevent, deter, and prosecute gun crime.

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