The jury convicted Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt, 47, of conspiring to make false statements to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making false statements to the agency, and illegal possession of a machine gun. He was convicted on 11 of 15 charges.
Wendt was indicted in December 2022, accused of lying to the bureau in official letters asking to buy the machine guns or to see them demonstrated.
Authorities say he bought machine guns for the police department, then sold them for an almost $80,000 personal profit. Trial evidence showed he bought machine guns for his gun store, including a .50-caliber machine gun he mounted to his own armored Humvee, using the letters, federal prosecutors said.
19 Comments
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 2y
Real talk though, who hasn’t lied to the FBI to get .50 caliber guns to mount on top of their personal armored hummer? Right?
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
I do it annually, they really spruce the garage up!
andrewta@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Mount them in the upstairs windows, really adds to the decor.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Pair the optional bluetooth pan/tilt motorized mount and trigger assembly with your Nest doorbell camera's home assistant base for a complete security solution.
neuropean@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Mounted mine on a roomba, set to activate upon the burglar alarm going off.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Roombas are for the claymores.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
“This side toward dust bunnies” needs to be printed on an army green room a yesterday.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
How else are you supposed to get through that traffic when the super bowl parade ends?
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Oh hey they got a promotion.
quirzle@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Like right after 9/11...
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Oh. How humble of them, not to brag. Really shows character.
AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 2y
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Somebody could make a show out of that question. Call it "COP COPS" and have a camera crew follow the feds in to bust the crooked or dipshittery-inclined types.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I would literally cum to every episode.
Literally.
TakiMinase@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
There's cum in those balls for sure.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
For now.
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Yeah just pure profiteering, selling receivers with legal MG serial numbers.
It’s the same BS in California. Handgun roster requires manufacturers complete ‘safety testing’ in order to certify their models approved for sale. Manufacturers largely don’t comply. Naturally, law enforcement is exempt from the same purchasing requirements.
Cops get Gen 5 Glocks while normal folks can purchase Gen 3 models. Then sell them privately to flip for profit.
roguetrick@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
I'm waiting with baited breath for the results of a machine gun sale trial my fox news contributor sheriff will have. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/judge-sets-trial-dates-for-sheriff-jenkins-krop-on-machine-gun-conspiracy-charges/article_aba7e2f3-073f-5758-be9c-1119a3f9f40f.html
atp2112@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I still don't know how he keeps winning even as the county gets bluer and bluer
orcrist@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y