Sanford man gets month for illegal firearms possession

BANGOR, Maine - A Sanford man will spend a month in prison followed by two years of supervised release fo unlawfully possession firearms.

William Klingensmith, 47, of Sanford was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. He pleaded guilty last August.

According to court records, Klingensmith possessed a total of 11 firearms at different times between February 20, 2015, and July 11, 2015.

On or about June 13, 2015, Klingensmith used a 9 mm rifle and a Colt 38 revolver for target shooting at a range in Fairfield. On July 11, 2015, officers found another nine firearms, consisting of rifles and shotguns, hanging on the wall of Klingensmith's former residence in Waterville.

In imposing the sentence, Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. stated that because of this felony conviction and Klingensmith's prior misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence, there would be "no firearms for Mr. Klingensmith forever."

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Waterville, Maine, Police Department.