A Mishawaka man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison on a weapons charge.

It was back in April when Antonio Wells, 32, was on the grounds of a hospital in South Bend when he tried to hide a loaded firearm in the parking garage.

The sentence is stiff because Wells has several prior convictions for firearms-related offenses, including for firing a gun at an occupied car.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with help from the South Bend Police Department.