A Lansford man will spend more than two years in a federal prison after being sentenced Monday in Scranton for unlawfully possessing four firearms in Schuylkill and Carbon counties.
Jordan Bachert, 29, must serve 30 months in a federal correctional institution, Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik ruled.
Kosik also sentenced Bachert to spend two years on supervised release after completing his prison sentence, pay a $250 fine and a $100 special assessment and forfeit to the federal government firearms and ammunition seized during the investigation.
Bachert pleaded guilty on Oct. 9, 2013, to prohibited possession of firearms by and unlawful user of controlled substances.
Federal prosecutors had charged Bachert on Sept. 16, 2013, with possessing the firearms.
Prosecutors alleged that between Jan. 1, 2011, and May 15, 2012, in Schuylkill and Carbon counties, Bachert possessed the following guns:
- A Magnum Research, Model Desert Eagle, .50-caliber semi-automatic pistol
- A Hechler and Koch, Model MK23, .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol
- A Umarek, Model HK416, .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle
- A Glock, Model 27, .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol
Bachert previously had admitted to being an unlawful user of controlled substances in 2011 and 2012, U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith said Tuesday.
Smith said the case resulted from an investigation of drug and firearms trafficking in Schuylkill and Carbon counties. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Lansford and Nesquehoning police conducted the investigation, Smith said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. O'Hara prosecuted the case against Bachert.