Federal judges in Wyoming sentenced five people last week for crimes including felon in possession of a firearm, methamphetamine, and illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States, according to a news release from the Wyoming U.S. Attorney's Office.
The federal government is now prosecuting the local case of a felon accused of being in possession of a firearm, according to U.S. District Court records.
The case involving a Casper man accused of having a gun in his possession when he shouldn't have, and then tried to pass it on to a bystander, will proceed to Natrona County District Court.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal sentenced two defendants this past week for felon in possession of a firearm and methamphetamine conspiracy, according to a news release from the Wyoming U.S. Attorney's Office.
A Pennsylvania fugitive captured in Casper in February and prosecuted in federal court in Wyoming will spend 17 years in prison, according to the sentence imposed Thursday.
Marshall Glenn McGinty was sentenced to 10 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm, which will be served concurrently -- at the same time -- with a carjacking conviction, according to the sentence handed down by U...