Spenser Ware, Firearms Possession, Nebraska 2024

Spenser Ware, a 35-year-old from Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment for possessing firearms and ammunition by a prohibited person.

On May 14, 2024, Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon handed down the sentence in federal court in Lincoln. There is no parole in the federal system. After Ware's release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

Ware, who owned his own security company at the time of the investigation, was found to be building firearms and selling them to individuals who could not legally purchase them. In October 2023, investigators received information that Ware was engaged in this illicit activity.

Investigators executed a search warrant at Ware's residence, where they found five firearms, several of which were non-serialized 'ghost guns' with short barrels. They also discovered 12 receivers, high-capacity magazines, body armor, more than 1800 rounds of ammunition in different calibers, holsters, firearm assembly equipment, and magazines.

Ware admitted that he ordered the gun parts and assembled the firearms himself. Investigators searched his phone and found multiple images of firearms dating back to 2021. An agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives examined the firearms and ammunition and found that they were manufactured outside the State of Nebraska.

Ware has felony convictions out of Florida, which prevent him from possessing firearms. This case was investigated by the Lincoln Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

As part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence, this case is a significant blow to those who seek to circumvent the law and put communities at risk.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/lincoln-man-sentenced-firearms-case