蒙大拿州Box Elder男子Celestion Charlie Ortega非法持枪判刑2年10个月：五次重罪前科、车内藏上膛手枪
美国司法部蒙大拿区联邦检察官办公室宣布，蒙大拿州 Box Elder 男子 Celestion Charlie Ortega（40岁）因非法持有枪支被判处2年10个月监禁，其后3年监管释放。联邦检察官 Scott Twito 公布了这一判决，案件由首席联邦地区法官 Brian M. Morris 主审；Ortega 已于2026年4月就非法持有枪支罪名认罪。
政府在法庭文件中称，Ortega 此前已有五次重罪定罪。2025年9月29日凌晨2时30分，有人报告看见他持手枪在 Great Falls 一处停车场窥探车辆，执法人员据报赶到。Ortega 起初假装入睡，随后配合执法；警员搜查其车辆，在前排右侧座位与后排座位之间的地板上发现一把上膛的 Hi-Point 9毫米手枪，又从他后裤袋中搜出一发子弹。
本案由联邦检察官办公室起诉，Great Falls 警察局、蒙大拿州惩教署缓刑与假释部门及烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）参与调查。案件属司法部在全国推行的「安全社区计划」（Project Safe Neighborhoods）的一部分，该计划联合联邦、州、地方与部落执法力量打击暴力犯罪。
Box Elder Man Celestion Charlie Ortega Sentenced to Two Years and 10 Months in Prison for Unlawfully Possessing a Handgun
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana announced that Celestion Charlie Ortega, 40, of Box Elder, Montana, was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm. U.S. Attorney Scott Twito announced the sentence, which was imposed by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris. Ortega pleaded guilty in April 2026.
The government alleged in court documents that Ortega, who has been convicted of five previous felonies, was discovered by law enforcement in a Great Falls parking lot at 2:30 a.m. on September 29, 2025, after someone reported seeing him peering into cars with a handgun. Ortega at first pretended to be asleep but then cooperated with officers, who searched his vehicle and found a loaded Hi-Point 9mm pistol between the front right and rear passenger seats on the floorboard. Officers then searched Ortega and found a round of ammunition in his back pocket.
The U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case. The Great Falls Police Department, the Montana Department of Corrections Probation and Parole, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) conducted the investigation. The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Department of Justice's nationwide initiative to combat violent crime.
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