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4 YEARS IN PRISON

July 3, 2010

Federal gun charge trips Hallowell man

Kennebec Journal Staff

A Hallowell man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegal firearm possession.

Matthew Mason, 28, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 51 months in prison and three years supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office.

Mason pleaded guilty July 22, 2009 to the federal crime of possession of a firearm by a person subject to a protection-from-abuse order.

Court records reveal that, in August 2008, a Maine District Court judge issued a protection-from-abuse order against Mason.

The order, valid through August 2010, prohibited Mason from harassing, stalking or threatening a partner. The order also prohibited Mason from possessing a firearm.

Mason threatened another person with a gun in March 2009.

Police subsequently found Mason with a loaded gun under his jacket, according to officials.

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