Henry Miller, Gun Possession, Missouri 2021

St. Louis, Missouri – In a shocking turn of events, a convicted felon from Cahokia Heights, Illinois was sentenced to 51 months in prison for possessing a pistol converted into a machine gun at a St. Louis hotel.

Henry Miller, 33, was caught with a 9mm Glock pistol that had been modified with a device, sometimes referred to as a Glock “switch,” that converted it into a fully automatic weapon. The Glock had a 29-round extended magazine. A 17-round magazine was also in the satchel.

According to officials, police had been summoned to the hotel after Miller rented a room using a stranger’s credit card information. Later in the day, police found him in the lobby with a blue satchel containing the Glock and a backpack that contained 300 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, $2,889 in cash and another conversion device.

The Glock conversion device alone, even if not attached to a weapon, is a machine gun under federal law. There has been a dangerous increase in the devices being used and found in the St. Louis area and around the country.

Miller later admitted knowing that the Glock had been modified and admitted testing it to see if it worked.

Miller pleaded guilty in February to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of one or more machine guns.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Szczucinski is prosecuting the case.

Henry Miller, a convicted felon from Cahokia Heights, Illinois, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for gun charges in St. Louis, Missouri. The sentence was handed down on February 2021 by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark.

Henry Miller was found with a modified Glock pistol, a 29-round extended magazine, and another conversion device in a St. Louis hotel.

The charges against Henry Miller include being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of one or more machine guns.

Henry Miller was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Szczucinski.

Henry Miller, a 33-year-old from Cahokia Heights, Illinois, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for gun charges in St. Louis, Missouri.

The investigation into Henry Miller was conducted by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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