Career Criminal, 60, Given 30-Year-Term
A 60-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole under provisions of a federal law that jails so-called career criminals for possessing a firearm.
Anthony Alexander Alvarez, of San Diego, who has 14 prior felony convictions, was arrested after he pulled a loaded handgun on a motel manager, police said.
Under provisions of the federal Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, anyone with three or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related felonies can be jailed for possessing a firearm for from 15 years to life without possibility of parole.
Alvarez had been convicted and imprisoned over the past four decades for an array of serious crimes, including robbery, residential burglary, grand theft and assault on a police officer, prosecutors said.
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