Lexington man gets sentenced over 5 years for firearm possession
LEXINGTON, Neb. -- Officials said that a 27-year-old Lexington man got more than 5 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The U.S. Attorney announced that Bath Par Kuol was sentenced on Feb. 17, in federal court in Omaha.
The Chief United States District Court Judge sentenced Kuol to 63 months in prison.
After his release from federal prison, Kuol will begin a 3-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Court documents said that on Jan. 29, 2022, Omaha police officers saw a vehicle fail to signal its turn.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and when they were in contact with the vehicle they saw two open containers of alcohol.
Kuol was seated in the front passenger seat.
During a search of the vehicle, officers found a Glock 19x 9mm handgun with a loaded 33-round magazine inside of the center console.
Further investigation showed the firearm was not registered with the City of Omaha.
A records check told officers that both Kuol and the driver were convicted felons and therefore prohibited from possessing firearms. Both were taken into custody.
Detectives obtained a search warrant to obtain a buccal swab of Kuol’s DNA and compared it to DNA found on the firearm.
A forensic laboratory analysis determined the probability of the DNA being from Kuol as 108 trillion times more likely than from an otherwise unknown individual.