arrested Shawn Pimpleton, 31, during a traffic stop Dec. 23, 2007. Officers found 4 ounces of crack and a loaded Glock .45 semi-automatic pistol in his pockets. Pimpleton was released and was pulled over again by police two weeks later. This time, they found "a dealer-size quantity of marijuana" and ammunition for another handgun, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Pimpleton -- who has two convictions for assault and four convictions on drug charges -- has never served more than a year in jail.Now he'll be spending a decade in a federal prison.
At sentencing Monday, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy Colasurdo -- a King County deputy prosecutor cross-designated to bring more serious gun cases to federal court -- told U.S. District Judge James Robart, "It appears that the consequences were never severe enough to motivate him to change his behavior."Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI investigated the case.
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