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Trenton Man Sentenced for Aiding Illegal Firearm Purchases
A 43-year-old Trenton man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme to purchase firearms illegally.
Arland Mills, 43, of Trenton, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for hiring a man to illegally purchase firearms for him.
Mills pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2020 and admitted that as part of his scheme, he obtained multiple firearms, three of which were later recovered during the execution of a search warrant on Ruskin Road in Dayton where Dayton Police Detective and DEA Task Force Officer Jorge Del Rio was shot on Nov. 4, 2019.
“Decisions carry consequences, and here, the consequences of Mills’ illegal gun purchases and sales were dire,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel.
Delano Wells, 50, of Trenton, purchased the firearms at a licensed firearms dealer in Middletown on behalf of Mills. Wells lied on ATF Form 4473 by indicating “yes” he was purchasing the firearm for himself and not for anyone else.
Wells purchased more than eight firearms in this manner on behalf of Mills, along with several firearm lower receivers. Wells was sentenced to six months of home detention and three years of supervised release.
As part of today’s conviction, Mills will forfeit the 28 firearms that the government seized in this case. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.
The sentence was announced by Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose, with Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel, Roland Herndon, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Interim Dayton Police Chief Matt Carper, Keith Martin, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), J. William Rivers, Special in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division, and Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias H. Heck, Jr.
Assistant United States Attorney Amy M. Smith represented the United States in this case.
Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Violent Crime|Weapons|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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