A Gary man is facing deportation after he was sentenced Friday for drunkenly shooting off an automatic rifle in his backyard.
Carlos Alvarez Morin, 36, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of ammunition as an illegal alien, records show. He was sentenced to one year and one day. He will also serve one year on supervised release.
In court filings, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristian Mukoski wrote that Alvarez Morin’s wife, a U.S. citizen, called the police around 2 a.m. April 28 to the home on W. 41st Avenue.
“My husband’s drunk and he’s shooting, please come,” she said.
Once Lake County officers arrived, the wife said she had been asleep when she heard five to 10 gunshots outside.
“I’m sorry, guys,” Alvarez Morin said. “I shot in the ground, ok?”
In court filings, defense lawyer Peter Boyles wrote his client was in the process of obtaining legal status through his wife, but the case “likely forecloses that opportunity for him and likely will result in his deportation.”
mcolias@post-trib.com
