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PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Georgia man, with a lengthy criminal history, is facing prison time for a stolen gun following a 2019 traffic stop in Perry.
U.S. District Judge Tilman “Tripp” Self sentenced 39-year-old Gary Buck, of Ellaville, to eight and a half years in federal prison. Buck pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a stolen firearm.
On May 1, 2019, a Perry Police Department officer stopped Buck for a traffic violation on Interstate 75. The officer reported smelling marijuana from Buck’s car, and called for backup to search the car. Officers reported finding a marijuana “blunt” in the backseat and a Hi-Point 9mm pistol on the floorboard.