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  • Florence man fined $10,000 for machine gun possession

    03/15/2004 3:25:43 PM PST · by TERMINATTOR · 71 replies · 8,016+ views
    The Tuscaloosa News ^ | rkba, bang, 2a, | AP
    A federal judge fined a Florence man $10,000 and ordered him to spend nine months in home detention for possessing a World War II-era machine gun. U.S. District Judge Karen O. Bowdre also put Paul David Connolly, 49, on five year's probation and ordered him to perform 150 hours of community service. Connolly, who had faced a possible 10-year sentence, had been indicted in April for possessing a Sten machine assembled from a kit. He later pleaded guilty. Connolly's attorney, Jim Sturdivant, said Connolly possessed the weapon for recreational purposes only and he hoped the sentence imposed by the judge...