Rochester Gun Trafficker Sentenced to 72 Months

Rochester Man Sentenced for Gun Trafficking Charges

Paul Davis, 49, of Rochester, N.Y., was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. for his role in a gun trafficking operation.

According to court documents, between August 2012 and February 6, 2013, Davis and Liddon Young conspired to unlawfully traffic firearms from the Atlanta, Georgia area to Rochester. Young supplied multiple firearms and rounds of ammunition from the Atlanta area to Davis, who then transported them and illegally resold them on the black market in Rochester.

Davis was arrested in Rochester on February 6, 2013 after selling a Georgia pistol to a confidential informant. Federal search warrants executed at Davis’s residence and business netted 10 firearms and several hundred rounds of ammunition.

Young was arrested in Rochester on February 8, 2013 in possession of a loaded .380 caliber pistol. Federal search warrants executed at Young’s residences in Stone Mountain, Georgia resulted in the seizure of an additional firearm, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a gun ledger, and other firearms trafficking paraphernalia.

Young was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison by Judge Geraci, Jr. on June 25, 2014, for his role in the gun trafficking operation.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge James S. Higgins and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli.

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