Albuquerque Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm and Ammunition

ALBUQUERQUE – Luis Mejia, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 70 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Mejia will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.

Mejia was arrested on Dec. 12, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm on Nov. 29, 2016. According to the complaint, law enforcement officers located a firearm and ammunition on Mejia incident to his arrest after executing a traffic stop on Mejia’s vehicle.

Mejia was subsequently indicted on Dec. 20, 2016, and was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on Nov. 29, 2016, in Bernalillo County, N.M. At the time, Mejia was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his prior felony convictions for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm and possession of a controlled substance. Mejia pled guilty to the indictment without the benefit of a plea agreement on April 20, 2017.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Albuquerque Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. Walsh prosecuted the case.