ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Federal prosecutors say a 39-year-old Kobuk man has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm.Elvin Wood was sentenced to 46 months.
Prosecutors say he pleaded guilty in a plea agreement in November.
According to prosecutors, Wood traveled by snowmobile from Kobuk to Shungnak last March and was carrying a .44 caliber revolver.
Prosecutors say Alaska State Troopers received reports that Wood was intoxicated in Shungnak and threatened a village public safety officer.
Prosecutors say Wood later acknowledged to troopers that he had been Shungnak and in possession of a firearm.According to prosecutors, Wood has two prior criminal convictions punishable by more than a year imprisonment.
Kobuk and Shungnak are villages in northwest Alaska.
