Sandpoint woman pleads guilty to stealing 33 firearms in Ponderay

COEUR d'ALENE - A Sandpoint woman admitted in federal court Wednesday to stealing 33 firearms from a Ponderay pawn shop.

Jennifer S. Dunnagan, 23, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Coeur d'Alene to theft of firearms from a licensed dealer's inventory, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

Dunnagan pleaded guilty to a single count charging her and co-defendant Christopher R. Garlin with burglarizing Pawn Now on Dec. 27, 2011.

Dunnagan faces up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 26 before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.

A jury trial for co-defendant Christopher Garlin, 18, of Clark Fork, is set for Oct. 22 in Coeur d'Alene.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Ponderay Police Department and the Bonner County Sheriff's Office.