LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a stolen pistol he had purchase don the street.

Paul Sidney Breaux, 37, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of possession of a stolen firearm. According to the guilty plea, Lafayette police arrested Breaux on May 1, 2018.

At the time of his arrest, he possessed a Springfield Armory Model 1911 pistol and was aware it was stolen.

He told officers he had purchased the firearm five days earlier on the street from some younger men.

Breaux faces up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. The court set the sentencing date for October 31, 2018.