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Nguyen sentenced on federal charges
The Associated Press//September 17, 2014//
Listen to this article(Associated Press) — A woman who bought the guns used by her former neighbor to kill two upstate New York firefighters on Christmas Eve was sentenced to eight years in prison on federal charges.
A federal judge on Wednesday handed down the sentence to Dawn Nguyen, who is already in state prison for up to four years on related charges. The state and federal prison sentences will run concurrently.
Nguyen admitted to buying a semi-automatic rifle and shotgun in 2010 for William Spengler Jr., a felon prohibited from owning weapons.
More than two years later, Spengler fatally shot his sister, set fire to his West Webster home and ambushed responding firefighters. He shot four, killing two, before committing suicide.
Nguyen on Wednesday apologized to West Webster firefighters who showed up in court.
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