SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) -
A convicted felon
was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for possessing an assault rifle.
Alex M. Bennett,
32, of Broxton, Ga., burglarized a Hazlehurst home, where he stole a SKS
semi-automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine, according to the U.S. District
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia.
Bennett was also sentenced to serve five years of supervised
release after his prison term.
He three prior convictions for drug offenses and robberies, which
made him classified as an "armed career criminal" under federal law, according
to the U.S. District's Attorney's Office. Because of that classification he was
subject to a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years.
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