News |
Variety in the Heartland |
Former
Sheriff Sentenced
05/08/08 MRC/NE
Former Hart
County Sheriff Jeffrey Allen Staples was sentenced Monday
to 18 months imprisonment in U.S. District Court after
pleading guilty to possessing unregistered, modified
shotguns.
Federal law
mandates that modified rifles must be registered with the
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record if
their barrel lengths are less than 16 inches.
According
to the U.S. Attorney’s Louisville office, police found
rifles with barrel lengths of between three and five
inches when raiding Staples' home in October 2005.
The
52-year-old Munfordville resident also will be under
supervised release for two years after his release from
federal prison, according to the February plea agreement.
Staples was
Hart County sheriff for three terms between 1994 and 2006.
|
|
