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GA Man Indicted on Gun Trafficking Charges
Rochester, NY – Liddon Young, a 31-year-old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $750,000 fine after being indicted on federal gun trafficking charges. The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in Rochester, charges Young with conspiracy to unlawfully deal firearms without a license and selling firearms to a convicted felon.
According to the indictment, Young conspired with convicted felon Paul Davis to traffic firearms from the Atlanta, Georgia area to Rochester. Between August 2012 and February 6, 2013, Davis traveled to the Atlanta area and obtained multiple firearms and rounds of ammunition from Young for illegal re-sale on the black market in Rochester.
Young himself also transported firearms from Georgia to Rochester, where he sold firearms and rounds of ammunition to felons. The indictment alleges that Davis and others deposited money into a bank account in Young’s name as payment for the firearms.
Davis was arrested February 6, 2013, after selling a Georgia pistol to a confidential informant. Multiple federal search warrants executed resulted in the seizure of 10 additional firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Young was arrested in Rochester on February 8, 2013, in possession of a loaded .380 caliber pistol.
Paul Davis was convicted on gun charges in April 2012 and is awaiting sentencing.
“Working with our law enforcement partners, this Office will continue to target the black market pipelines which funnel illegal firearms into our community,” said U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. “In addition, we will work equally as hard to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons.”
The indictment is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Joseph Anarumo and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief James Sheppard.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Weapons|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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