The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that a former Nikiski resident was sentenced to 45 months in Federal prison for possession of firearms while being a convicted felon.

56-year-old Steven Andrew Bush, who pleaded guilty to a single count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm on January 3rd of this year in a plea arraignment. Bush is a convicted felon out of the state of Virginia in a felony embezzlement conviction.

According to documents in the case, Bush was arrested following a report from a resident on the Kenai Peninsula told investigators with the Soldotna Police Department that Bush “was carrying a firearm while demanding payment for construction work. Bush had falsely represented himself as a member of law enforcement and possessed a fake Alaska State Troopers badge, along with a t-shirt indicating the wearer was an agent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”

When officers searched Bush’s shared residence, they would find 28 firearms including a Sten MKII machinegun. Investigators also stated that another firearm was found at his former residence in Danville, Virginia.[xyz-ihs snippet=”Adsense-responsive”]At sentencing, “Judge Burgess remarked that it was especially important to “send a message” to people whom might consider falsely representing themselves to be law enforcement agents. As part of the plea agreement, Bush surrendered his law enforcement memorabilia, holsters, and ammunition boxes. The Court also ordered forfeiture of firearms and ammunition that Bush owned,” U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder said in the announcement.

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