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News: Lynn Man Convicted for Illegally Transporting Firearms From Alabama to Massachusetts, Reports U.S. Attorney
BOSTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A Lynn man was convicted yesterday in federal court of illegally transporting five firearms from the State of Alabama to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; William J. Hoover, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in New England; Kathleen O’Toole, Commissioner of the Boston Police Department; Robert St. Pierre, Chief of the Salem Police Department; and John Suslak, Chief of the Lynn Police Department, announced that DEXTER BROWN, age 36, of 65 Timson Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, and formerly of 51 Greenwood Street, Peabody, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to a two-count Superseding Indictment, charging him with illegally transporting firearms from Alabama to Massachusetts.
At yesterday’s plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the Government’s evidence would have proven that between July 15, 2002 and August 22, 2002, BROWN, transported into Massachusetts, where he resided at the time, three firearms: two Bryco Arms, Model J25, .25 caliber pistols and a Bersa, Model Thunder 380, .380 caliber pistol.
On or prior to July 15, 2002, BROWN traveled to the State of Alabama for a family funeral. While there BROWN had his aunt, who resided in Faunsdale, Alabama, purchase the three firearms for him at Trade and Traffic, a federally licensed firearms dealer, located in Demopolis, Alabama.
On August 22, 2002, an individual named Antwan Green was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, for unlawful possession of a Bryco, model J25, .25 caliber pistol bearing an obliterated serial number. The serial number was later restored. ATF records established that the recovered firearm was one of the firearms that BROWN’s aunt had purchased on BROWN’s behalf in Alabama in July.
On August 12, 2002, BROWN again traveled to Alabama and visited relatives there. While there BROWN provided money to his cousin, who resided in Faunsdale, Alabama, to purchase two firearms for him at Trade and Traffic in Demopolis, Alabama. BROWN, transported the guns, two Bryco Arms, Model 38, .38 caliber pistols, back to Massachusetts.
On January 13, 2003, Rashaun Ramsey was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, for unlawful possession of a Bryco Arms, model 38, .38 caliber pistol. ATF records established that the recovered firearm was one of the weapons BROWN’s cousin had purchased for him in August in Alabama.
On July 23, 2003, a Bryco Arms, model 38, .38 caliber pistol with an obliterated serial number was recovered by a New York City Police detective in a vehicle occupied by three individuals, Rubin McRae, Paul Johnson, and Charles Taylor. The serial number on the firearm was later restored and ATF records established that it was the second weapon that BROWN’s cousin had purchased on his behalf.
On June 3, 2004, BROWN was arrested by ATF agents and Salem Police detectives in the parking lot of Home Depot in Salem, Massachusetts. Following his arrest, and after waiving his Miranda rights, BROWN admitted to the agents that he had his aunt and cousin, both of whom resided in Alabama, purchase five firearms for him in the summer of 2002, which BROWN stated he later transported back to Massachusetts.
Although BROWN was licensed in Massachusetts to carry a firearm at the time he acquired the five firearms, he was not a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector, and as such, was prohibited from transporting the aforementioned firearms into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Judge Stearns scheduled sentencing for June 8, 2005. BROWN faces up to 5 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine on both counts of transporting firearms from outside the State into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the assistance of the Boston, Salem and Lynn Police Departments. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney in Sullivan’s Major Crimes Unit.
http://www.mysan.de/article47652.html
So, the way I read this, the charges do not relate to the guns being used in a crime, or whether or not he sold them to someone who wasn't supposed to own a gun, but simply because he brought the guns from Alabama to Mass?
BOSTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A Lynn man was convicted yesterday in federal court of illegally transporting five firearms from the State of Alabama to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; William J. Hoover, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in New England; Kathleen O’Toole, Commissioner of the Boston Police Department; Robert St. Pierre, Chief of the Salem Police Department; and John Suslak, Chief of the Lynn Police Department, announced that DEXTER BROWN, age 36, of 65 Timson Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, and formerly of 51 Greenwood Street, Peabody, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to a two-count Superseding Indictment, charging him with illegally transporting firearms from Alabama to Massachusetts.
At yesterday’s plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the Government’s evidence would have proven that between July 15, 2002 and August 22, 2002, BROWN, transported into Massachusetts, where he resided at the time, three firearms: two Bryco Arms, Model J25, .25 caliber pistols and a Bersa, Model Thunder 380, .380 caliber pistol.
On or prior to July 15, 2002, BROWN traveled to the State of Alabama for a family funeral. While there BROWN had his aunt, who resided in Faunsdale, Alabama, purchase the three firearms for him at Trade and Traffic, a federally licensed firearms dealer, located in Demopolis, Alabama.
On August 22, 2002, an individual named Antwan Green was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, for unlawful possession of a Bryco, model J25, .25 caliber pistol bearing an obliterated serial number. The serial number was later restored. ATF records established that the recovered firearm was one of the firearms that BROWN’s aunt had purchased on BROWN’s behalf in Alabama in July.
On August 12, 2002, BROWN again traveled to Alabama and visited relatives there. While there BROWN provided money to his cousin, who resided in Faunsdale, Alabama, to purchase two firearms for him at Trade and Traffic in Demopolis, Alabama. BROWN, transported the guns, two Bryco Arms, Model 38, .38 caliber pistols, back to Massachusetts.
On January 13, 2003, Rashaun Ramsey was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, for unlawful possession of a Bryco Arms, model 38, .38 caliber pistol. ATF records established that the recovered firearm was one of the weapons BROWN’s cousin had purchased for him in August in Alabama.
On July 23, 2003, a Bryco Arms, model 38, .38 caliber pistol with an obliterated serial number was recovered by a New York City Police detective in a vehicle occupied by three individuals, Rubin McRae, Paul Johnson, and Charles Taylor. The serial number on the firearm was later restored and ATF records established that it was the second weapon that BROWN’s cousin had purchased on his behalf.
On June 3, 2004, BROWN was arrested by ATF agents and Salem Police detectives in the parking lot of Home Depot in Salem, Massachusetts. Following his arrest, and after waiving his Miranda rights, BROWN admitted to the agents that he had his aunt and cousin, both of whom resided in Alabama, purchase five firearms for him in the summer of 2002, which BROWN stated he later transported back to Massachusetts.
Although BROWN was licensed in Massachusetts to carry a firearm at the time he acquired the five firearms, he was not a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector, and as such, was prohibited from transporting the aforementioned firearms into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Judge Stearns scheduled sentencing for June 8, 2005. BROWN faces up to 5 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine on both counts of transporting firearms from outside the State into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the assistance of the Boston, Salem and Lynn Police Departments. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney in Sullivan’s Major Crimes Unit.
http://www.mysan.de/article47652.html
So, the way I read this, the charges do not relate to the guns being used in a crime, or whether or not he sold them to someone who wasn't supposed to own a gun, but simply because he brought the guns from Alabama to Mass?
