A California man was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to unlawfully sell firearms and methamphetamine via the internet.
Angelo Chavez, 24, of Manteca, California, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count each of conspiracy to unlawfully deal in firearms and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Judge Cecchi imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, undercover law enforcement agents began communicating with Chavez and several conspirators via a social media platform in August 2020.
From August 2020 and December 2021, undercover law enforcement agents purchased 13 firearms from Chavez and his conspirators, including six AR-15 firearms, two of which were shipped with auto sear switches which enable the firearms to function as fully automatic machine guns.
Undercover agents also purchased methamphetamine from Chavez and his conspirators.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Cecchi sentenced Chavez to three years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited postal inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Newark and special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Newark Field Division, with the investigation leading to the sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Vera Varshavsky of the U.S. Attorney’s Criminal Division in Newark.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Weapon Trafficking|Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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