Immigrant gets prison for gun violation in Texas

Jan. 7, 2010, 5:27AM

MARSHALL, Texas β€” An illegal immigrant from Mexico arrested over a stolen lawn mower must serve 15 months in prison for having a firearm.

Prosecutors in East Texas say 38-year-old Juan Solis-Gutierrez, who was living in Marshall, was arrested in July 2008 for theft of a riding lawn mower.

A search of his truck turned up a loaded pistol and more ammunition.

Solis-Gutierrez in September pleaded guilty to being an illegal immigrant in possession of a firearm. A federal judge in Marshall on Wednesday sentenced Solis-Gutierrez, who since he was illegally in America could not own or possess a firearm.

Further details on the original theft case were not immediately released.


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6802922.html