Fort Totten Man Sentenced on Federal Firearm Charge

| 1/4/2012

A Fort Totten man has been sentenced to 23 months` imprisonment, followed by
three years of supervised release on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Thirty-three-year-old Shobie Shaw pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2011, to possessing a High Standard Derringer, .22 magnum caliber rifle from August 2010 through May of 2011.

Federal firearms statues prohibit possession of firearms by a convicted felon. According to the indictment filed, Shaw was previously convicted of destruction of property, a Class C felony in U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, on March 4, 1999. The incident occurred on the Spirt Lake Indian Reservation.

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