Hillman agreed with the government that a stiffer punishment was warranted. Watkins attempted to poke holes in Shaw’s credibility - getting him to admit he initially lied multiple times to federal agents about making the guns - but Judge Timothy S. Shaw testified that he sometimes paid Bishoff for drugs, and other times was given drugs in exchange for his work with the guns.
Noto alleged that Bishoff sold fentanyl to Shaw as partial payment for the guns he provided - an act that would, under court rules, open him up to stiffer punishment. Bishoff refers to himself as drug dealer to undercover officersīishoff was caught on recorded video played Wednesday referring to himself as a drug dealer as he spoke with the undercover officer who busted him. He said he never asked where they were going, but got the impression they were being sold to drug dealers. The 32-year-old, due to be sentenced next month, said Bishoff then sold the guns he'd made. In testimony Wednesday, Shaw admitted to assembling six or seven guns at his Templeton home. 'Co-conspirator' assembled guns at his home in Templeton
Noto disagreed, saying the conduct of Bishoff and his associate, John Shaw, was extremely dangerous and reckless. Watkins, said his client’s operation was a clumsy enterprise that, while constituting a serious crime, succeeded primarily in getting Bishoff and a co-conspirator busted.Īssistant U.S. Prosecutors said they believed there were several guns that haven’t been accounted for, while Bishoff’s lawyer insisted the only person who bought the guns was the undercover officer. It was unclear from Wednesday’s hearing whether any of the guns Bishoff sold ended up being used in any crimes. There are no background checks needed to purchase the parts, and no serial numbers, alarming authorities who are pulling the hard-to-trace weapons off the street in increasing numbers.įederal officials say that police recovered about 10,000 such guns in 2019, and many in law enforcement say they are concerned about the ease with which the guns can be acquired and used for criminal purposes. Uzi, pistols made using home kits bought on internetīishoff sold the undercover officer an Uzi and two pistols that were made using home kits that can be purchased over the internet. District Court.īishoff pleaded guilty last summer to charges related to sales of so-called “ghost” guns he made to an undercover police officer in 2019. Terrick Bishoff, who was 38 at the time of his 2019 arrest, received the sentence following a lengthy hearing in Worcester’s U.S. WORCESTER - An Ashburnham man who admitted to selling unserialized “ghost” guns, including an Uzi, to an undercover police officer was sentenced to five years in federal prison Wednesday.
0 kommentar(er)
