A former resident of Jefferson County has been sentenced in federal court on a charge of violating federal firearms laws.
In a release by the DOJ, Senior United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on 33 year old Edward Fontenot, formerly of Punxsutawney, to a term of imprisonment of one year and one day, to be followed by two years of supervised release on his conviction.
According to information presented to the court, in July 2016, Fontenot straw purchased four firearms from the Mahoning Valley Milling Company, a federally licensed firearms dealer for Peter DiGiacomo. The defendant completed ATF form 4473 and claimed to be the actual buyer of the firearm although he was purchasing the firearms for DiGiacomo, who is a convicted felon. Under federal law he can neither purchase nor possess a weapon, and was previously sentenced to five years in prison.
