A Trenton, New Jersey man has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison for trafficking 40 semi-automatic firearms from North Carolina into Philadelphia and New Jersey, using Amtrak’s Philadelphia 30th Street Station, U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said in a statement. Junious Flemming, 29, pleaded guilty in September to criminal conspiracy and transporting firearms on a common carrier. Between October 2020 and March 2021, Flemming paid co-conspirators to buy guns in North Carolina and transport them on trains to Philadelphia. This happened at least three times. Once in Philadelphia, Flemming trafficked many of the guns into New Jersey, the statement said. The scheme was revealed when federal agents executed a search warrant at 30th Street Station on March 9, 2021. They found 10 semi-guns in luggage that was being moved by Flemming’s partner. From there, agents arrested Flemming when he picked up his partner from the Amtrak …
New Jersey Gun Trafficker Sentenced for Using Amtrak Trains to Move Guns up the ‘Iron Pipeline’
February 15, 2022
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