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Date: 12-31-2023
Case Style:
United States of America v. David Lara
Case Number: 5:23-cr-00054
Judge: Wesley Hendrix
Court:
United States District Court for Northern District of Texas
Plaintiff's Attorney:
United States District Attorney’s Office in Lubbock
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Stealing 37 Firearms
Lubbock man who committed a burglary of a Lubbock Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
David Lara, 57, was charged via indictment in June 2023 and pleaded guilty to theft of firearms from a FFL in August 2023. Mr. Lara was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison before U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix.
According to court documents, during the summer of 2020 there were numerous burglaries of FFLs in and around Lubbock. On June, 28, 2020, Lara and another individual entered Gebo’s Distributing Inc. by prying back the sheet metal on the side of the building and gained access to the building through a storage area attached to the building.
Once inside the building, the individuals began breaking out the glass displays with a sledge hammer, removed 37 firearms from the cases and placed them in a bag. The bag containing the firearms was eventually dropped while they were fleeing the scene, along with gloves and ski masks they wore during the burglary. The gloves were recovered by the Lubbock Police Department and submitted for forensic analysis. DNA results were a match for Lara.
When interviewed, Lara admitted to committing the burglary.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives, with assistance from the Lubbock Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Rancourt prosecuted the case.
18 U.S.C. §§ 922(u), 924(i)(1) THEFT OF FIREARMS FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE
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Outcome: Imprisonment with BOP for a term of 120 months to run consecutively to any sentence imposed in Case No. DC-2022-CR-2429 pending in the 364th District Court, Lubbock County, Texas; Supervised Release for a term of 3 years; MSA of $100.00
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