Theodore Olguin, Unlawful Possession of Firearm, New Mexico 2013

A 26-year-old man from Roswell, New Mexico, has been sentenced to prison for his role in a firearm-related crime.

Theodore Olguin, 26, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court filings, Olguin was arrested on Feb. 23, 2011, after officers recovered a loaded pistol from his vehicle following a traffic stop by the Artesia Police Department.

The pistol had been reported stolen in Sept. 2010 and had been used to shoot at the residence of an Artesia police officer in Jan. 2011. It was also used to shoot at two vehicles parked in the driveway of an Artesia police officer's residence on Feb. 15, 2011.

Evidence presented during a court hearing indicated that Olguin fired the pistol on both occasions, and the court relied on this information in enhancing Olguin's sentence by 14 months.

Olguin was charged in May 2012, in a two-count indictment alleging that he unlawfully possessed a firearm and ammunition on Feb. 15, 2011, and on Feb. 23, 2011, in Eddy County, N.M.

At the time, Olguin was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because he previously had been convicted of burglary of a vehicle in the 5th Judicial District Court for the State of New Mexico.

Olguin was arrested on Aug. 14, 2012, and has been in federal custody since that time. He entered a guilty plea to Count 2 of the indictment charging him with unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition on Feb. 23, 2011.

This case was investigated by the Roswell office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the New Mexico State Police, and the Artesia Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark A. Saltman of the U.S. Attorney's Las Cruces Branch Office.

Defendant: Theodore Olguin

Criminal Charges: Being a felon in possession of a firearm

City and State: Roswell, New Mexico

Exact Date: Aug. 14, 2012 (arrest date), Jan. 15, 2013 (guilty plea date)

Sentence: 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/roswell-man-sentenced-prison-unlawful-possession-firearm-and-ammunition