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Willmar Man Sentenced For Illegal Cache Of Machine Guns, Pipe Bombs, Silencers
A 46-year-old Willmar man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for illegally possessing machine guns, pipe bombs, and silencers.
Chad Lee Monson, 46, of Willmar, Minnesota, pleaded guilty on August 16, 2018, and was sentenced on [current date] in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Judge Joan N. Ericksen.
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed in court, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Monson’s residence in Willmar, Minnesota, on January 30, 2018. Inside the residence, officers found personal use amounts of illegal narcotic drugs, as well as sixteen firearms, and a large quantity of ammunition.
On February 21, 2018, law enforcement officers executed two additional search warrants at a commercial utility building near Monson’s residence. There, officers found ten machine guns, two of them with obliterated serial numbers, three pipe bombs, and three unregistered silencers.
As part of his guilty plea, Monson was required to forfeit to the United States 12 firearms, three pipe bombs, and three silencers.
United States Attorney Erica MacDonald thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the CEE-VI Gang and Drug Task Force, and the Kandiyohi County Attorney’s Office for their work on this case, as well as Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty for prosecuting the case.
Monson was convicted of one count of possession of a machine gun, one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device (pipe bomb), and one count of possession of an unregistered silencer.
Monson was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Key Facts
- State: Minnesota
- Category: Weapons|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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