Date: 02-10-2021

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Case Number: 1:20-cr-00028-SPW

Judge: Susan P. Watters

Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana (Yellowston County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office

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Description: Billings, Montana firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rodrigo Gomez, 20, who was charged with selling 11 firearms he stole from a residence to an undercover agent.

The prosecution said in court documents that an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives met with Gomez and a co-defendant, Maliyah Jae Chavez, on Feb. 24, 2020 to buy 11 stolen firearms. The defendants told the agent the firearms were stolen from a residence. The guns were in a safe inside of a garage. The agent paid the defendants for the stolen firearms, which the ATF confirmed had been reported as stolen on Feb. 21, 2020. Gomez admitted to stealing the firearms and selling them.

Chavez pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Godfrey prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the ATF.

18:922J.F POSSESSION OF STOLEN FIREARMS.
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Outcome: DFT SENTENCED ON COUNT 1 IN THE INDICTMENT TO BOP FOR A TERM OF 37 MONTHS, SUPERVISED RELEASE 3 YEARS with standard and special conditions apply. Restitution in the amount of 26,470.00 to be paid jointly and severally with co-defendant. Fine waived; special assessment 100.00.

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