A convicted felon from Vancouver was sentenced today to six years in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Wesley S. Razo, 25, was handed the sentenced in Tacoma by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Bryan.
He pleaded guilty in October to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Authorities say Razo was arrested on Dec. 1, 2008, following a drug deal investigation, where he had agreed to meet a drug customer in the parking lot of a Safeway store. Vancouver police officers — tipped off by an informant — stopped Razo’s vehicle. Inside the vehicle, officers discovered a stolen sawed-off shotgun reported stolen from Ridgefield.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Razo has convictions from 2005 and 2007 in Clark County Superior Court for methamphetamine possession. Because of those convictions, Razo is prohibiting from possessing firearms.