Steven Lerma, III, 25 years old, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced in U.S. District Courtafter pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition.

Lerma was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 18 months of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, police found Lerma in possession of a handgun with an extended magazine that held 32 rounds of ammunition. Lerma had previously been convicted of felony theft of a firearm and felony domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury and was thus prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Elkhart Police Department and the Goshen Police Department.