VICTORIA, Texas – Garrett Vincent Riedesel, 24, of Victoria,
has been sentenced for his conviction of one count of possession of an
unregistered firearm, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
Riedesel, a federal firearms licensee who owned Garrett’s Gun Vault in
Victoria, pleaded guilty July 8, 2014. The store is now closed.
Today, Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey, who
accepted the guilty plea, handed Riedesel a total sentence of 24 months in
federal prison to be immediately followed by two years of supervised release.
At the time of his plea, Riedesel admitted he was in
possession of a Remington Model 870, 12-gauge shotgun which had a barrel length
of more than seven inches and an overall length of nearly 15 inches. A check of
the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR) revealed that
the firearm was not registered to Riedesel.
The investigation began after customers reported having
trouble retrieving firearms that had been dropped off at Riedesel’s
establishment for repair.
On March 13, 2014, a federal search warrant was executed at
Garrett’s Gun Vault in Victoria. At that time, agents seized 117 firearms that
were not properly logged into Riedesel’s acquisition and disposition books as
required by federal law. Four of the weapons seized were required to be
registered in the NFRTR, including the shotgun Riedesel admitted to possessing
as part of his guilty plea today.
He will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau
of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patti Hubert Booth is prosecuting.
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