PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man was sentenced to drug and weapons charges last month after trafficking pounds of meth through Phoenix while armed with an AR-15, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
On Sept. 29, Luis Fernando Gaxiola-Simons was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of $5,370 on charges of transporting dangerous drugs for sale and misconduct involving weapons.
Prosecutors said authorities first arrested Luis Fernando Gaxiola-Simons during a traffic stop in Phoenix on May 23, when an officer noticed he had an AR-15 between the passenger seat and center console…