WICHITA, KAN. – A Newton woman pleaded guilty Thursday to
concealing from authorities that a convicted felon unlawfully possessed
firearms that he later used in a shooting incident at Excel Industries, Acting
U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
Sarah T. Hopkins, 28, Newton, Kan., pleaded guilty to
failing to report to authorities that convicted felon Cedric Ford unlawfully
possessed a firearm.
In her plea, Hopkins admitted that on Feb. 5, 2016, she
redeemed an AK-47 rifle from a pawn shop in Newton and gave it to Ford. On Feb
25, 2016, investigators recovered the rifle and a handgun at Excel Industries
in Newton where Ford shot three people to death before being killed in a
shootout with police.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 28. Hopkins faces up to three years in federal
prison and a fine up to $250,000. Beall commended the following agencies: The
Hesston Police Department, the Harvey County Sheriff’s Department, the Newton
Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the
Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the FBI, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney
Lanny Welch and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Lind for their work on the case.
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