RAPID CITY, SD (KELO) — A federal judge in Rapid City has sentenced a man from Mexico to prison and deportation, after leading authorities on a pursuit.
42-year-old Jose Jimenez, also known as Jose Lidio Chavez Flores, was sentenced to two months in federal prison and also ordered to be removed from the United States.
Last month, he pleaded guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Illegal Reentry.
Prosecutors say Jimenez led law enforcement on a pursuit back in November following an attempted traffic stop.
Prosecutors say when officers caught up with Jimenez, they found a semi-automatic rifle in the backseat.
Prosecutors say Jimenez had been removed from the U.S. and returned to Mexico two earlier times.
