MADISON - A Monroe man who stole firearms from a local gun store and used one to hold up a Belleville pharmacy was sentenced Thursday in federal court to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $9,808 in restitution.
Daniel Kundert, 22, threw a brick through of the Huntington Woodland Co. gun store on May 17, 2010 and took five firearms and the store's surveillance camera, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman.
Kundert's "profound addiction" to unspecified controlled substances probably fueled his "little crime spree," she said, that would include convictions for theft and possessing narcotics.
Kundert used a gun obtained from the gun store burglary to hold up the Hometown Pharmacy in Belleville in June 2010. Altman wouldn't discuss why Kundert wasn't charged with the pharmacy robbery, but Kundert stipulated to it for the purposes of restitution.
Kundert traded another firearm for Oxycodone and sold one for $100, Altman said.
Despite Kundert's cooperation with authorities, one gun remains unrecovered.
Kundert has squandered opportunities in the past several years including a full scholarship to Milwaukee School of Engineering, and some failed attempts in drug treatment programs, said his attorney Chris Van Wagner.
Authorities didn't learn of Kundert's gun store burglary until he revealed it to an inmate while serving a 30-month sentence for narcotics possession. The inmate told authorities where Kundert said he had buried a stolen firearm that had been wrapped in a Kundert-monogrammed towel.
Prison was the "best thing" to have happened to Kundert, otherwise he would probably be "six feet under by now," said Van Wagner.
Kundert apologized to the court and the approximately 45 persons present, saying his life had been focused on "achieving the next high," but had remained sober since being incarcerated and had a job with a robotics firm waiting when he is released.
District Judge William Conley told Kundert that he needs to address his addiction, realize the harm he has caused others, including the pharmacy employee Kundert had robbed at gunpoint or, he was likely to continue to commit crimes.
Conley said he factored Kundert's being 17 years younger than the average age of a federal prison inmate, and that his crimes had occurred in a relatively short time span, in not imposing a longer prison sentence.
Kundert has a Dec. 3 release date from jail for his narcotic possession sentence and will begin serving his federal sentence on Dec. 4. However, Conley ordered that Kundert's federal sentence begin retroactive to this past May 16, the first day he appeared in federal court.
Conley also ordered Kundert to pay $4,473 in restitution to Huntington Woodland Co. and $5,334 to Hometown Pharmacy and its insurer.
Daniel Kundert, 22, threw a brick through of the Huntington Woodland Co. gun store on May 17, 2010 and took five firearms and the store's surveillance camera, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman.
Kundert's "profound addiction" to unspecified controlled substances probably fueled his "little crime spree," she said, that would include convictions for theft and possessing narcotics.
Kundert used a gun obtained from the gun store burglary to hold up the Hometown Pharmacy in Belleville in June 2010. Altman wouldn't discuss why Kundert wasn't charged with the pharmacy robbery, but Kundert stipulated to it for the purposes of restitution.
Kundert traded another firearm for Oxycodone and sold one for $100, Altman said.
Despite Kundert's cooperation with authorities, one gun remains unrecovered.
Kundert has squandered opportunities in the past several years including a full scholarship to Milwaukee School of Engineering, and some failed attempts in drug treatment programs, said his attorney Chris Van Wagner.
Authorities didn't learn of Kundert's gun store burglary until he revealed it to an inmate while serving a 30-month sentence for narcotics possession. The inmate told authorities where Kundert said he had buried a stolen firearm that had been wrapped in a Kundert-monogrammed towel.
Prison was the "best thing" to have happened to Kundert, otherwise he would probably be "six feet under by now," said Van Wagner.
Kundert apologized to the court and the approximately 45 persons present, saying his life had been focused on "achieving the next high," but had remained sober since being incarcerated and had a job with a robotics firm waiting when he is released.
District Judge William Conley told Kundert that he needs to address his addiction, realize the harm he has caused others, including the pharmacy employee Kundert had robbed at gunpoint or, he was likely to continue to commit crimes.
Conley said he factored Kundert's being 17 years younger than the average age of a federal prison inmate, and that his crimes had occurred in a relatively short time span, in not imposing a longer prison sentence.
Kundert has a Dec. 3 release date from jail for his narcotic possession sentence and will begin serving his federal sentence on Dec. 4. However, Conley ordered that Kundert's federal sentence begin retroactive to this past May 16, the first day he appeared in federal court.
Conley also ordered Kundert to pay $4,473 in restitution to Huntington Woodland Co. and $5,334 to Hometown Pharmacy and its insurer.