A convicted felon is accused of firing a rifle on property where target shooting are not permitted.

Alan Edward Rosane Jr., 23, of Kennewick, pleaded innocent to one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. His trial is set March 19.

Rosane is not allowed to own or possess firearms because he previously was convicted of third-degree retail theft with extenuating circumstances, second-degree taking a vehicle without permission and bail jumping, all felonies, court documents said.

Yet, prosecutors allege that on Dec. 4, Rosane had a Norinco SKS rifle when he was discovered by Officer Jonathan Horn with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Horn allegedly found Rosane shooting the rifle from the bed of a truck on the property in Benton County. As Horn approached Rosane and Travis Gene Gill, he saw multiple shell casings in the truck bed where Rosane was standing, documents said.

In a police interview, Gill claimed the rifle belonged to him but said Rosane had been shooting it.

Rosane admitted to officers that he fired the rifle just before being contacted by Horn, court documents said. He also acknowledged that he had been advised at the time of sentencing on his previous convictions that he wasn't to possess a firearm, documents said.

Gill is set to make his first appearance Thursday on the same charge.