Domestic abuser sentenced 2 years in federal prison for illegal firearm possession
FILE - An exterior sign is photographed outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — After pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, Anthony Hughes, 37, of Indianapolis, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison.
During a January 2020 traffic stop, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers discovered a firearm that Hughes admitted to owning. Hughes is prohibited from firearm possession due to a being a repeat domestic abuser with multiple incidents involving a woman and a child.
As part of Hughes’ sentence, U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon ordered that Hughes be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years following his release from federal prison.
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