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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say a longtime fugitive and Boston Mafia associate who spent years on the lam as an Idaho rancher has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of firearms.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Boise says Enrico M. Ponzo, aka Jay Shaw, pleaded guilty Monday.
As part of a plea agreement, officials say Ponzo admitted that in February 2011, he knowingly possessed 33 firearms after having been convicted of felony assault and battery.
The FBI and U.S. Marshals arrested Ponzo in Marsing, Idaho, in February 2011, 16 years after he fled Boston. Ponzo was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2013 after a jury found him guilty of two counts of attempted murder and numerous other charges.
He faces up to 10 additional years at his Idaho sentencing, set for April.
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