80 Months for 4 Machineguns

SAN DIEGO (CN) - Jason Ray Hilliard was sentenced on Monday to 80 months in federal prison for possessing four unregistered machineguns. When San Diego Police arrested Hilliard, 36, of Lake Elsinore, in May 2009, for driving erratically, they found the four machineguns in his car, two other guns, 2,000 rounds of ammo, two loaded 100-round drum magazines, more high-capacity magazines, a ski mask and "throwing stars," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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