Man goes to prison for wife’s guns

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) – A Bremerton man who turned down a plea deal was convicted in Kitsap County Superior Court of unlawful possession of firearms and now faces a 3-year prison term.

The Kitsap Sun reports 37-year-old Luke T. Groves could have avoided prison if he had accepted a deal with prosecutors.

Groves says he he wasn’t notified that a burglary conviction 20 years ago carried a lifetime gun ban.

After his conviction yesterday in Port Orchard he was led away in handcuffs. He’ll be sentenced Jan. 29.

Groves called police in November 2008 after he found a broken window at his home. He told officers his wife owned a rifle and handgun.

Nothing had been stolen, but Groves was arrested for being a felon in possession of firearms. – [source]