Man with rifle near Capitol gets probation

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A man arrested for carrying an assault rifle several blocks from the Capitol last September received five years probation and a seven-year suspended jail sentence Friday.

Prosecutors said they did not believe Christopher Timmons, 27, would pose a danger to the public.

Timmons was arrested after he asked a Capitol Police officer for directions near the Library of Congress. After noticing a rifle case in Timmons’s vehicle, police found an AK-47 rifle, ammunition, and an improvised explosive device, which is considered a weapon of mass destruction.

Timmons plead guilty in January to charges of carrying an unregistered firearm and attempting to possess a weapon of mass destruction.

“The government believes that … the defendant will not pose a danger to the community in the future,” said Jennifer Kerkhoff, the assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Gregory Jackson ordered that Timmons undergo drug testing, mental health treatment and counseling, and pay a $200 fine, in addition to his probation sentence. The weapon of mass destruction charge carries a maximum of 30 years in prison, and the possession of an unregistered firearm carries no more than one year and a possible $1,000 fine.

An improvised explosive device? Ahhh yes don't we all carry them around. No threat in that.

 

[Old Rocks]

An assualt rifle with ammo, and explosives, within blocks of our nations capital. That fellow should wear an ankle tranmitter for the rest of his life. He is obviously over the line mentally.