Auburn man sentenced for stealing firearms from home in Conquest

An Auburn man was sentenced in Cayuga County Court on Tuesday to five years in prison, and was granted an override of violent felony status.

Raymond Allen, 38, formerly of 293 Seymour St., Auburn, was arrested in February after the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that he illegally possessed a long gun. Deputies and Auburn Police Department officers found the long gun and three other guns within hours of the getting the tip. The firearms had been stolen from a Conquest residence on Aldrich Road, according to a release from the sheriff’s office at the time.