<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0c5gXC_1H180oFX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0c5gXC_1H180oFX00" width="1326" height="670" ></figure>SIOUX CITY—A Hull man and his girlfriend were recently sentenced in federal court on firearm-related charges.The charges against 36-year-old Joseph Dennis Garlic of Hull and 44-year-old Andrea Nicole Harrington of Sioux City arose from Harrington fraudulently claiming she was not an unlawful user of controlled substances and that she was buying a firearm for herself on March 7, 2023, according to evidence presented in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in Sioux City.Harrington told the lies to purchase a firearm for Garlic, her boyfriend, who was a felon and could not legally buy or possess firearms.On Aug. 25, 2024, Harrington, more aware of Garlic’s true nature, reported Garlic’s armed and violent behavior to a park ranger at the Hillview Recreation Area in Hinton.Law enforcement found a gun box but did not find a gun or Garlic at the campsite the two had shared.Three days later, law enforcement and medical personnel responded to a Sioux City store for a medical event involving Garlic.It was soon discovered that Garlic had been in possession of the loaded firearm and had given it to Harrington to hide for him when law enforcement responded to his medical emergency.Officers retrieved the loaded handgun that Harrington had concealed in her waistband.Garlic later advised officers that he was in possession of the handgun, and after he began to experience the medical event, he knew he was prohibited from possessing firearms and gave the loaded handgun to Harrington before medical personnel arrived.Harrington purchased the firearm, completing the ATF Form 4473, falsely indicating that she was not an unlawful user of methamphetamine and that she was the intended recipient and actual buyer of the firearm.She had done the same thing for Garlic repeatedly in the past without being detected.Harrington was sentenced Oct. 22 by U.S. District Judge Leonard Strand to three months in prison after a June 22 guilty plea for sale or transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person.She must also serve a two-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.Garlic was sentenced Sept. 9 by Judge Strand to 27 months in prison after an April 28 guilty plea for possession of a firearm by a felon.He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.Garlic is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Leavenworth, KS.The case was investigated by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, Plymouth County Conservation, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.The case was prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorney Forde Fairchild.</div></body>

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SIOUX CITY—A Hull man and his girlfriend were recently sentenced in federal court on firearm-related charges. The charges against 36-year-old Joseph Dennis Garlic of Hull and 44-year-old Andrea Nicole Harrington of Sioux City arose from Harrington fraudulently claiming she was not an unlawful user of controlled substances and that she was buying a firearm for herself on March 7, 2023, according to evidence presented in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in Sioux City.

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SIOUX CITY—A Hull man and his girlfriend were recently sentenced in federal court on firearm-related charges. The charges against 36-year-old Joseph Dennis

Pair sentenced on firearms charges

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