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Max Kerkman, 30, of Oakdale was sentenced to 24 months in prison, with three years of post-release supervision, for being an unlawful user in possession of a firearm.

Kerkman was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard on July 10. The charge carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. There is no parole in the federal system. 

On June 20, 2018, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives executed a search warrant at Kerkman’s residence and found sev...