New Jersey Gun Trafficker Sentenced for Using Amtrak Trains to Move Guns up the 'Iron Pipeline'
New Jersey man is sentenced to two years and three months in prison for trafficking 40 semi-automatic firearms from North Carolina into Philadelphia
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New Jersey man is sentenced to two years and three months in prison for trafficking 40 semi-automatic firearms from North Carolina into Philadelphia
WHYY By 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Federal authorities arrested members of a train-based network of straw purchasers in a firearms case that sheds light on the pervasive flow of illegal out-of-state guns into the Philadelphia region. According to a federal complaint, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives charged Tyrone Patterson, a North Carolina resident, and Junious Flemming, of New Jersey, with multiple firearms violations. The pair admitted to participating in a “straw buying” operation that relied in part on Amtrak trains to ferry ...