Spray-painting gang member gets five years in federal prison for gun possession

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced an admitted gang member from Spokane to five years in prison after he was caught with a gun.

U.S. District Court Judge Rosanna Malouf Petersen sentenced Cody P. Kiehn, 35, of Spokane, to five years in prison.

The case began when a Spokane Police officer pulled Kiehn over for negligent driving and failure to yield, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. During the traffic stop, the officer noticed a .45-caliber bullet near Kiehn’s foot.

Kiehn admitted having a gun “for protection from rival gang members because he had spray-painted over a rival gang’s markings,” the news release stated.