Man sentenced on gun charge in NY threats case

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NEW YORK (AP) — An upstate New York man charged earlier this year with threatening former President George W. Bush was sentenced Friday to time served and six months home confinement on a gun charge.

Benjamin Smith, 45, of Pittsford, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein, who said he ordered a term of home confinement in part to ensure Smith continues to get mental health treatment.

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