Terry Lynn Little Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst”
Anti-Violence Initiative
ALBUQUERQUE – Terry Lynn Little Jr., 33, of Hagerman, N.M.,
was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years in
federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon
in possession of a firearm.
Little was arrested in Oct. 2013, on a criminal complaint
charging him with possession of firearms and ammunition in Eddy County,
N.M. At the time, Little was prohibited
from possessing firearms or ammunition because previously he had been convicted
of felony offenses including criminal sexual penetration, aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm, and
failure to register as a sex offender.
Little subsequently was indicted on Jan. 22, 2014, and charged with
being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an
obliterated serial number.
Little pled guilty on April 3, 2014, to Count 1 of the
indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Little admitted that on Sept. 29, 2013, he
possessed a shotgun despite knowing that he was prohibited from possessing a
firearm due to his status as a convicted felon.
This case was investigated by the Las Cruces and Roswell
offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the
Chaves County Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Y. Armijo of the U.S. Attorney’s Las
Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.
Little was prosecuted as part of a federal anti-violence
initiative that targets “the worst of the worst” offenders for federal
prosecution. Under this initiative, the
U.S. Attorney’s Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New
Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies
to target violent or repeat offenders for federal prosecution with the goal of
removing repeat offenders from communities in New Mexico for as long as
possible
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