A Jamestown man has been sentenced to serve to more than six years in prison after being convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Thursday that Angelo Pollino, 35, of Jamestown, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that in January 2012, Pollino was convicted in Chautauqua County Court of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree burglary and was sentenced to serve one to three years in prison.

As a result, Pollino is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. On Jan. 24, 2019, Pollino and two other men broke into and burglarized a home in the town of Ellicott. Pollino and the others took a .380 caliber pistol, a .38 caliber revolver, a Glock pistol, and various bank and credit cards of the victim. The following day, the three men utilized the victim’s bank and credit cards at various locations in New York and Pennsylvania. Pollino then traded the pistol and revolver for heroin.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John B. DeVito, New York Field Division, the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Field Division, the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson, and the Ellicott Police Department, under the direction of Chief William Ohnmeiss.