Eleven sentenced to prison for purchasing firearms under false pretenses
Eleven Brownsville residents were sentenced to prison terms Wednesday for purchasing firearms under false pretenses, a practice also known as ``straw purchases,'' according to a press release by the US Attorney's Office.
A man from Savage was sentenced to 10 years of supervised probation on Monday, Sept. 17 for selling heroin to a confidential informant after a controlled buy was executed late last year.