A man who was pulled over in March while driving a Jeep with sirens and red emergency lights and carrying four firearms, including a sub-machine gun, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison.
In March, Denver police pulled over the silver Jeep on Colorado Boulevard near Cherry Creek Drive at about 2:35 a.m. Andrew Thomas Gunzner, 22, of Littleton was driving with the lights and siren “for fun after leaving Shotgun Willie’s,” according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Among the four guns in Gunzner’s Jeep was an MP-5, 9 mm submachine gun.
During the investigation, Gunzner told police that he was a salesman and apprentice at Prairie Arms Manufacturing in Littleton and that he did not have permission to take the weapons.
Gunzner was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on April 19, and plead guilty on July 12 to charges of possession of a machine gun, and theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee.
During a later search of Gunzner’s home, police recovered 14 other firearms including a .223 caliber fully-automatic rifle.
