Escambia Man Convicted On Federal Unregistered Machine Gun Charges

March 11, 2017

An Escambia County man has been convicted on federal charges of unlawfully selling unregistered machine guns.

After a three-day trial, Gregory Williams, 29, was convicted of 19 counts of firearm-related offenses, including possession of a machinegun, possession of an unregistered machine gun, and false statement to a firearm dealer.

At trial, the government presented evidence that Williams knowingly sold dozens of auto sear parts to undercover law enforcement officers. Auto sears are conversion parts designed to

modify semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic firearms. Auto sears are defined under federal law as machine guns. Williams never registered them in the National Firearms  Registration and Transfer Record, as required by law.

On nine occasions in 2016, Williams communicated with the undercover officers via text message and then shipped the firearms or met the officers in person. When law enforcement officers searched Williams’s residence, they seized an additional auto sear.

Williams faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on each count. He is currently being detained at the Santa Rosa County Jail. The sentencing hearing will take place at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola on a date to be determined by the court.

Comments

One Response to “Escambia Man Convicted On Federal Unregistered Machine Gun Charges”

  1. Cuz (Danny Hall) on March 12th, 2017 12:33 pm

    Maybe he was thinking of going “deer hunting” , there are some BIG ones out there uh . . .

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