LONDON — A Honduran illegally residing in Corbin was among several individuals whom the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky recently announced were sentenced during the 43-day federal shutdown.
Jose Hernandez Garcia, 25, was sentenced October 28 to 10 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.
According to Gabrielle Dudgeon of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he will be deported after serving that sentence unless he also has pending state charges.
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Garcia was indicted by the federal grand jury last February.
According to his plea agreement, the defendant was traffic-stopped for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. A search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded firearm in the backseat next to an open beer bottle. Garcia did not have legal status to be in the United States.
