BISMARCK – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on
Feb. 23, 2015, Gabriel Lazaro Garcia-Hernandez, a/k/a Gabriel L. Garcia, 54,
Williston, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a
charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and
possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Garcia was convicted
on October 29, 2014, by a federal jury.
Judge Hovland sentenced Garcia to serve 15 years in federal
prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Garcia was ordered
to pay a $200 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
On January 7, 2014, officers with the Northwest Narcotics
Task Force executed a search warrant at Garcia-Hernandez’s residence in
Williston, N.D. They found a small amount of marijuana, drug paraphernalia,
five firearms and over 300 rounds of various brands and calibers of ammunition.
One of the firearms, a .22 caliber rifle, had the serial number scratched off
to the point it was illegible. The other four firearms were handguns.
Garcia-Hernandez was prohibited from possessing either a
firearm or ammunition by virtue of multiple felony convictions, including 1991
New Jersey convictions for aggravated assault and armed robbery, a 1995 Florida
conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and 2003 Florida
convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms & Explosives, the Northwest Narcotics Task Force, the Williams
County Sheriff’s Office, the Williston Police Department and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hagler prosecuted the case.
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