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Date: 06-17-2022

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United States of America v. Hunter Dylan Bel

Case Number: 4:22-cr-00001-BMM

Judge: Brian M. Morris

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

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a firearm crime after shooting another man in the hand with a sawed-off shotgun was sentenced on June 16 to three years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

In August 2020, Hunter Dylan Bell, age 28, shot a man in the hand with a sawed-off shotgun over a dispute about a car just a few dozen yards from an elementary school in Great Falls. In a statement later to law enforcement, Bell said that on the day of the shooting, he had gone to retrieve a vehicle from the victim that the victim had stolen. Bell admitted to acquiring the shotgun and bringing it with him to the altercation but claimed to have shot the victim in self-defense. Bell acknowledged that the gun was placed in a nearby trash can after the shooting and that he had fled to Lewistown. Law enforcement retrieved the firearm from the trash can and determined it was a Mossberg Haven Model 495T, 12-gauge shotgun that had a barrel length of approximately 12.875 inches and an overlength of 24.50 inches. The government further alleged that at the time Bell possessed the sawed-off shotgun, he was prohibited from possessing firearms because he had a prior felony conviction.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey K. Starnes prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Great Falls Police Department.

26:5861C.F POSSESSION OF AN UNREGISTERES FIREARM TITLE 26 U.S.C. 5861
(1)

Outcome: 06/16/2022 37 MINUTE ENTRY for SENTENCING for defendant HUNTER DYLAN BELL held 6/16/2022 before Judge Brian Morris: AUSA Ethan Plaut, FD Hank Branom, defendant (in custody), present.The parties have no objections to the PSR. Court accepts Plea Agreement. Court reviews statutory and guideline calculations. Allocution; AUSA with response. Court reviews 3553(a) factors. Court sentences Defendant to BOP for a term of 40 MONTHS to run concurrent with Cascade County sentence. Upon release from imprisonment the defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a term of 3 years. Conditions stated. Fine waived. Special Assessment $100.00. Government moves to dismiss Counts 2 and 3 of the Indictment; GRANTED. Appeal rights given. No objections. Defendant remanded to USM. (Presentence Report due by 6/23/2022.), (Hearing commenced at 10:05 a.m. and concluded at 10:25 a.m.) (Court Reporter Yvette Heinze) (USPO: M. Chism), (Law Clerk: C. Clevidence), (Hearing held in Great Falls) (MMS) (Entered: 06/16/2022)
06/16/2022 38 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT (Sealed) as to Hunter Dylan Bell (copy to counsel). (KAH) (Entered: 06/16/2022)

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