A California man who drove into a protest crowd in Pasadena last year and charged with federal firearms counts will plead guilty, prosecutors said Thursday.
Benjamin Jong Ren Hung, 28, will plead guilty to 11 federal counts, and prosecutors will recommend a sentence of no more than two years and nine months in prison, according to a plea agreement.The charges deal with lies Hung told gun dealers in other states so that he could get guns and avoid California's registration laws. He also had short-barreled rifles that weren't registered federally as required, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
Hung drove his truck — with a"WAR R1G" license plate, flying"Thin Blue Line,""Don't Tread on Me" and"Betsy Ross" flags, and spewing black smoke from a modified exhaust, which is known as coal rolling — through a peaceful crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Pasadena on May 31. Hung had a handgun and loaded magazines in a closed fanny pack in the truck when he was stopped by police, according to officials. He also had a machete and pipe. The FBI then took over the investigation.
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