Northampton County man sentenced to a year and a day in prison for possession of unregistered firearms (DOJ)

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Hayden Laubach, 36, of Bath, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge John M. Gallagher for unlawfully possessing multiple guns.

The defendant was charged by information in April of this year and pleaded guilty in May to one count of possession of nonregistered firearms.

As detailed in court filings and statements, on September 19, 2025, Bushkill Township police officers conducted a vehicle stop of Laubach for an expired registration and suspended license. A search of the defendant's Toyota 4Runner ensued and resulted in the seizure of ammunition, to include 9mm, .223 caliber, and shotgun shells, loaded AR-15 magazines, two privately made firearms, a short-barreled shotgun, an AR-style short-barreled rifle, and a silencer. The defendant has no current or approved applications on file permitting him to possess the unregistered firearms and silencer.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Bushkill Township Police Department, with assistance from the Bethlehem Police Department Bomb Squad, and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey Dimmig.