A convicted felon has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling over 20 firearms without a license in Statesville, North Carolina. Anthony Dewayne Daye, 38, was sentenced to 151 months in prison on February 2021 for the crime.
According to court documents, between October 2020 and February 2021, Daye sold more than 20 firearms and ammunition, including rifles, handguns, ‘ghost guns,’ and semiautomatic firearms capable of accepting a large capacity magazine, and aided and abetted in the sale of additional illegal firearms.
Daye is not a licensed firearms dealer and is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to his multiple prior criminal convictions.
On November 19, 2021, Daye pleaded guilty to dealing in firearms without a license and aiding and abetting and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
Daye is currently in federal custody and will be transferred to custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility.
U.S. Attorney Dena J. King thanked the ATF, the Hickory Police Department, and the Statesville Police Department for their investigation of this case.
Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Hess prosecuted the case.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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