Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 2½ Years for Firearm Offenses

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jonathan Lara, 29, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of felony offenses and while being an unlawful user of heroin. He pled guilty on November 27, 2018.

According to court records, in August 2017, Lara’s Lewiston hotel room was searched. Agents and officers seized controlled substances, a handgun and $3,873.  Lara was prohibited from possessing the handgun because in 2009, he had been convicted in Massachusetts of felony larceny from a person and armed robbery and because he had been a daily user of heroin for years.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in conjunction with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Auburn and Lewiston Police Departments.