Williams Contracting News Today

Adair County — The trial of Brad Wendt, Adair Police Chief, began Monday, Feb. 5 in Federal Court in Des Moines.

Between July 2018 and August 2022, Wendt sought to demonstrate or purchase approximately 90 machine guns for the Adair Police Department, which serves a town of less than 800 people.

A police chief in a small Iowa town is facing federal charges after illegally procuring 90 machine guns and selling them for personal profit.

The chief allegedly helped himself and a buddy get machine guns by pretending the department was interested.

Adair Police Chief Bradley Wendt is charged with lying to the ATF to get 90 machine guns for his department, which has never had more than 3 officers.

The police chief of Adair, Iowa, has been charged with unlawfully obtaining and possessing machine guns, and is alleged to have resold them, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa announced Thursday.

Bradley Wendt and a gun store owner friend sought or obtained nearly 90 machine guns, purportedly to equip the three-officer Adair police department.

According to court documents, a police chief in Iowa sought to purchase about 90 machine guns for his department, which serves a town of fewer than 800 people.

Allegedly intended to stockpile machine guns to later sell at a personal profit.

The police chief of Adair, Iowa, has been charged with unlawfully obtaining and possessing machine guns, and is alleged to have resold them, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa announced Thursday.