Wendell
10-06-2017, 11:17 PM
On April 12, 2015, ANDREW SHELTON and several acquaintances burglarized the cargo train while it was parked overnight in a railyard in Chicago’s Avalon Park neighborhood. The cargo train was en route from a Ruger factory in New Hampshire to Spokane, Wash. The thieves broke locks on a train car and walked off with approximately 111 firearms, with Shelton keeping 13 guns for himself. He quickly sold the 13 firearms on the black market. To date, law enforcement has recovered 19 of the 111 stolen firearms at various locations and crime scenes in Chicago and the surrounding area. Shelton, 43, of Riverdale, had previously been convicted of a felony and was not legally allowed to possess a firearm. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, and one count of possession of a stolen firearm. U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. imposed the 120-month sentence in federal court in Chicago.
https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/convicted-felon-sentenced-ten-years-federal-prison-stealing-firearms-cargo-train (https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/convicted-felon-sentenced-ten-years-federal-prison-stealing-firearms-cargo-train)
https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/convicted-felon-sentenced-ten-years-federal-prison-stealing-firearms-cargo-train (https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/convicted-felon-sentenced-ten-years-federal-prison-stealing-firearms-cargo-train)