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NE man sentenced to 10-years in prison for being felon in possession of a firearm

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May 11th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A Nebraska man was sentenced Wednesday in Pottawattamie County to 10-years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. 25-year old Brandon David Kinnear, of Omaha, is also subject to three years of supervised release following his 120 month term of imprisonment.

Kinnear pleaded guilty on January 19, 2017, to the charge. On August 30, 2016, Kinnear was walking in Carter Lake, with the grip of a handgun visible just above his waistband. Carter Lake Police Officers stopped Kinnear and found him in possession of a .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Kinnear was prohibited from possessing a firearm as the result of a 2013 felony drug conviction in South Dakota.

The Carter Lake Police Department, the Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.