POCATELLO B Joseph Raymond Haycock, 59, formerly of Salmon,
Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for unlawfully possessing
a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B.
Lynn Winmill also ordered Haycock to serve three years of supervised release
following his prison term. Haycock pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2014.
According to court records, Haycock possessed a .22 caliber
rifle on September 18, 2012, when he was arrested for absconding state
probation and failing to register as a sex offender. Haycock is prohibited from
possessing firearms due to a 2011 felony conviction for sexual abuse of a minor
under the age of sixteen years in Benewah County, Idaho.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives and the Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office. The case was
prosecuted as part of Idaho’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, which seeks
to reduce gun violence in Idaho.
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