Massachusetts resident Edwin William Rosa has pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island to possession of stolen firearms.
Edwin William Rosa, 45, of Peabody, Mass., appeared before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith on September 30, 2015, admitting to the court that on several occasions he purchased firearms from registered dealers in Massachusetts using fraudulent checks.
According to the guilty plea, Rosa used personal checks from closed bank accounts to purchase eight firearms from registered firearms dealers in Massachusetts between September 8 and September 30, 2015.
Rosa then sold the firearms to registered firearms dealers in Rhode Island for immediate payment in cash or by check.
The investigation into Rosa’s activities was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with the assistance of the Smithfield, R.I., and Seekonk, Fall River and Somerset, Mass., Police Departments.
Rosa is scheduled to be sentenced on July 15, 2016. He is currently a defendant in the case, and further information can be obtained through Assistant U.S. Attorney Milind M. Shah.
For more information, contact Jim Martin at (401) 709-5357 or email USARI.Media@usdoj.gov, or follow @USAO_RI on Twitter.
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Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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