Two Douglas County brothers who were pictured on a MySpace page showing off guns were each sentenced Friday to two-and-a-half years in prison.
Leonel Plesent, 22, who called himself “Diablo” on his social-networking page, was convicted of being a drug user in possession of 21 firearms. His brother, Luis Plesent, 33, was convicted of being a felon in possession of four firearms.
A Council Bluffs police officer alerted the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the MySpace page. A subsequent investigation led to a search warrant being served at the Plesents’ residence, 24808 East Highway 275, in Waterloo, Neb., where the guns, including a fully automatic AK-47, were found.
Leonel Plesent said he bought some of the weapons at Guns Unlimited in Omaha and from various unknown people, including gang members, on the streets of Omaha.
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