BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO-AM) - A convicted felon from Williston has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted in federal court on weapons charges.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland on Monday sentenced 54-year-old Gabriel Garcia-Hernandez. A federal jury in October convicted him of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Authorities who executed a search warrant at the home of Gabriel Garcia-Hernandez in January 2014 say they found drugs, drug paraphernalia, five guns and over 300 rounds of ammunition. They say the serial number on a gun had been scratched to the point of being illegible.
Garcia-Hernandez was prohibited from possessing guns because of multiple felony convictions in New Jersey and Florida for crimes including assault, armed robbery and kidnapping.