INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - An Independence man who stashed a loaded, stolen gun in a police car has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison.
Jackson County prosecutors say 50-year-old Christopher Roche was sentenced Monday for possession of a stolen firearm.
Independence police arrested Roche last summer on a counterfeit money charge. He had a 9 mm handgun tucked in his pants but officers didn’t find it before placing Roche in the patrol car.
The Kansas City Star reports (https://bit.ly/2jZbJSe ) an officer found the gun hidden under the seat in the car after Roche was taken into the police station. The gun was stolen in a Lee’s Summit car burglary and Roche admitted that he had possessed the gun.
Court documents show Roche has numerous prior felony convictions.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star, https://www.kcstar.com
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