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St. Cloud Man Sentenced on Gun Charges
MINNEAPOLIS -- A St. Cloud man who is deemed a career criminal has been sentenced to 17 years in a federal prison for being a felon in possession of a gun.
25-year-old Shawn Roering admitted that he had a stolen semi-automatic rifle and tried to sell it in August 2011.
Because Roering is a felon, he is prohibited from having a gun at any time.
He has previous convictions in Wright County for aiding an abetting a robbery, fleeing police in Morrison County and drug sales in Benton County.
Roering was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act which calls for a minimum of 15 years in a federal prison.
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