U.S. Department of Justice
Antonio Villa-Cesario, 37, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien illegally in the United States, and one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported.
The gun crime is alleged to have occurred May 21, 2013, in Wyandotte County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the gun charge, and a maximum penalty of two years and a fine up to $250,000 on the immigration charge.
Homeland Security Investigations investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley is prosecuting.
