25 Year-old Emerson Trapp is spending his first night of a 5 year sentence, after he was convicted of firearms offences in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith today.
According to police, in December of 2011, they found a 9mm pistol in Trapp's bedroom. They also found a black plastic bag, which contained an additional 9 rounds of live ammunition.
In his defence, Trapp told the court under oath that on that day, he was at home when a friend visited him. He left to run an errand, and when he returned, the officers were there.
While the officers were searching, his friend allegedly told him that he just placed a firearm in the house.
The police arrested both of them, but he was the only one charged.
Under cross examination, Trapp admitted that no one else had access to his room.
After listening to all the evidence of the case, Chief Magistrate Smith found him guilty of the offences, and sentenced him to 5 years for each charge, with the sentences to run concurrently meaning, he will only spend 5 years.
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