A pair of Ely ex-felon brothers on in jail each on a $10,000 bail for owning a 30-30 rifle they claim they received in payment for a job.
Geovany and Joel Solis aged 29 and 33 respectively were arrested Tuesday in their home at 380 Fay Avenue in Ely.
According to White Pine County sheriff’s Captain Scott Henroid deputies along with the Eastern Nevada Narcotics TASK Force served a search warrant on men and discovered a 30-30 caliber rifle at the residence along with ammunition for the firearm.
Both men, Henroid said, are ex-felons and it is illegal for either one to possess a firearm.
According to Henroid both men told officers that the rifle was given to them as payment for a mechanic job.
If true the payment could be poison. Not only do the two face a return to prison but Joel Solis, an illegal alien, is under a deportation order back to Mexico.
