FORMER NATIONAL GUARD TASK FORCE MEMBER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL FIREARM POSSESSION OFFENSES THAT CAME TO LIGHT DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO LEAKS OF SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ruby Celly Uribe, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins to two years and five months in prison for unlawfully possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

On May 26, 2026, a jury found Uribe guilty.

According to court documents and evidence presented at a trial, Uribe was assigned to the logistics shop at the California National Guard Headquarters in Mather, and was a member of the Counterdrug Task Force (CDTF). The CDTF supports local, tribal, and federal law enforc...