FLORENCE—United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Florwer Carlin Lizano, Jr., age 41, of Dillon, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence sentenced Lizano to 48 months imprisonment and three-years’ supervised release.
Evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing established that On August 5, 2016, Florwer Carlin Lizano, Jr., was arrested by the Dillon Police Department after he was found asleep in a parked car with a loaded firearm in his belt. As a convicted felon, Lizano is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. The firearm had been reported stolen out of Lumberton, N.C.
The case was investigated by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and by the Dillon Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Alfred W. Bethea, Jr., of the Florence office prosecuted the case.