BANGOR, Maine — A Sanford man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possession of firearms by a prohibited person during a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court.
William Klingensmith, 46, possessed 11 firearms at different times between February and July 2015, according to court records.
Klingensmith used two of them for target shooting at a range in Fairfield and had another nine hanging on the wall of his former residence in Waterville. He was prohibited from possessing them because in 2010 he was convicted in Maine of domestic violence assault, a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Klingensmith faces up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to three years of supervised release.
He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The investigation that led to the guilty plea was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Waterville Police Department.