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Gang member sentenced for possessing grenades and firearm

A self-admitted member of the Westside gang has been sentenced for possessing destructive devices and utilizing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activity, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Jamez Aaron Sandoval, 26, of San Juan, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19.U.S. Chief District Judge Randy Crane has now imposed a total sentence of 120 months in the Bureau of Prisons to be immediately followed by 3 years of supervised release. At the hearing, the Court learned Sandoval attempted to make a homemade grenade, carried a firearm during a grenade transaction and recorded himself firing fully automatic weapons. In handing down ...

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