Township Man Sentenced For Firearms Arsenal

A convicted felon from Washington Township was sentenced Friday to more than five years in federal prison on weapons possession charges, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a statement.

Daniel M. Furesz, 62, was sentenced in Trenton after previously pleading guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Police discovered an arsenal of at least 36 firearms in Furesz's home on Dec. 3, 2009, including handguns and long guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition in various calibers, a semi-automatic gun capable of accepting a large-capacity magazine and other weapons and firearms paraphernalia, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. 

Furesz was also accused of having a Smith & Wesson model 60-9, .357 magnum handgun in his 1993 Buick LeSabre in Bergen County on Sept. 10, 2009, authorities said. 

U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan heard the guilty plea and sentenced Furesz Friday to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

The Hasbrouck Heights, Rutherford, Garfield and Washington Township police departments assisted in the cases, along with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, which filed the initial charges.