CONCORD — A former Manchester man and convicted sex offender was sentenced today in federal court for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
James Aubuchont, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to 57 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release.
On June 13, Aubuchont pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition.
Aubuchont has an extensive criminal record spanning three decades.
In July, a state warrant was issued for Aubuchont’s arrest.
Law enforcement arrested him on July 12, near the Flat Mountain Pond Shelter in the White Mountains.
During a recorded jail call, Aubuchont asked his then-romantic partner, Rebecca Aubuchont, to retrieve his two “fishing rods” from the campsite, including one that “we got from VJ, remember the one you bought?” Three days later, law enforcement recovered a rifle and pistol from Aubuchont’s campsite, along with over 2,000 rounds of ammunition.
The rifle had been purchased from a firearms dealer operated by an individual with the first and middle initials V.J.
During that recorded call, Aubuchont had also asked Rebecca to remove some of his property, which he called “garbage,” from the jail.
The “garbage” was a damaged cell phone with an intact Micro SD card containing over 1,300 images and 140 videos of child sex abuse materials, some of which depicted Aubuchont himself assaulting a minor.
He is currently serving a separate state sentence of 33 years to life for aggravated felonious sexual assault of two minors, possession of child sex abuse images, and manufacturing child pornography.
On July 2, Rebecca Aubuchont pleaded guilty to straw purchasing one of the firearms for Aubuchont.
She is currently scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 9.
