Steuben Man Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Aaron C. Robinson, 51, of Steuben, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to a year and a day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Robinson pleaded guilty to the charge on June 22, 2016.

Court records show that on November 16, 2015, the Maine Warden Service (MWS) found the defendant with a Savage .308 rifle hunting deer with bait from a tree stand in Steuben.  The defendant had prior Maine state court felony convictions for terrorizing, violations of conditions of release, possession of a firearm by a felon, burglary and aggravated criminal mischief.

The investigation was conducted by the MWS and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.