Story in the Chicago Tribune:
Dozens of illegal guns seized in raid on commodities trader's home in Lake Forest - Homeowner's gun permit had been revoked, source says, and he is now charged with multiple felony counts of possessing firearms
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lake-forest-raid-09-bothmay09,0,5140786.story
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Excerpt:
Federal agents and Illinois State Police raided the multimillion-dollar Lake Forest home of a commodities trader Thursday morning to seize at least 85 illegal guns, law enforcement sources said.
The homeowner, Benjamin Stevens, 49, was arrested and charged with multiple felony counts of possessing a firearm with a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification card, Lake County prosecutors said.
Stevens' card was revoked in 2002 after a domestic battery arrest, a law enforcement source said.
Authorities will test two .50-caliber machine guns seized in the raid to determine whether they were capable of firing in fully automatic mode, which would lead to more serious federal charges, said ATF Special Agent Donald Sorrano.
Police and agents also recovered more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition from the home, Sorrano said. If the ammunition turns out to be armor-piercing, that too would be a federal crime, he said.
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I am not sure what lead to the raid.
Was this follow-up to the loss of the FOID?
Or did someone tell ATF that he still has guns...
Dozens of illegal guns seized in raid on commodities trader's home in Lake Forest - Homeowner's gun permit had been revoked, source says, and he is now charged with multiple felony counts of possessing firearms
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lake-forest-raid-09-bothmay09,0,5140786.story
(you may need to be a member to view article)
Excerpt:
Federal agents and Illinois State Police raided the multimillion-dollar Lake Forest home of a commodities trader Thursday morning to seize at least 85 illegal guns, law enforcement sources said.
The homeowner, Benjamin Stevens, 49, was arrested and charged with multiple felony counts of possessing a firearm with a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification card, Lake County prosecutors said.
Stevens' card was revoked in 2002 after a domestic battery arrest, a law enforcement source said.
Authorities will test two .50-caliber machine guns seized in the raid to determine whether they were capable of firing in fully automatic mode, which would lead to more serious federal charges, said ATF Special Agent Donald Sorrano.
Police and agents also recovered more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition from the home, Sorrano said. If the ammunition turns out to be armor-piercing, that too would be a federal crime, he said.
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I am not sure what lead to the raid.
Was this follow-up to the loss of the FOID?
Or did someone tell ATF that he still has guns...