Overview

• Sentencing is set for November 21 before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bencivengo, and prosecutors are seeking a 24-month prison term.
• Hatch, 42, admitted to a federal count of being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a May 2023 arrest in San Diego.
• San Diego police say they saw him in a social media video with a gun, used a helicopter to locate his vehicle, and found two firearms during a traffic stop.
• The state case was poised for a plea with expected probation before it was dismissed, after which federal prosecutors pursued the charge.
• Hatch signaled on Aug. 4 that he had accepted a plea on X, and the offense carries a statutory maximum of up to 15 years in prison.