Two Michigan residents have been sentenced for selling a gun to a convicted felon.

Ricky Wadsworth, 47, of Sturgis was sentenced to 57 months in prison for transferring a firearm to a felon. Shannon Brown, 37, of Union City was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of a firearm.

According to court documents, for several months in 2014, Brown and Wadsworth talked to a convicted felon about selling firearms to him. Brown and Wadsworth’s efforts resulted in Brown finding a supplier and making available seven firearms of various types to a buyer who was a convicted felon. Brown and Wadsworth offered several firearms, but only sold one to him, a Norinco Model SKS 7.62 caliber semi-automatic rifle equipped with a folding bayonet, extended magazines, and 132 rounds of ammunition.

The sale took place in a grocery store parking lot in Michigan City, Indiana.

Brown has three felony convictions for possession of methamphetamine, two convictions for possession of marijuana, and one conviction for purchasing precursors to make methamphetamine.

Wadsworth has eleven prior felony counts of conviction and seven misdemeanor counts of conviction, including trafficking or possession of controlled substances, theft, burglary, and weapons offenses.