NEWARK, N.J. – A convicted felon from Jersey City, New
Jersey, today admitted selling 33 firearms to a confidential informant, U.S.
Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Bernardo Guzman, 27, pleaded guilty before U.S. District
Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging him
with one count of possessing firearms while being a previously convicted felon.
According to documents filed in this case and statements
made in court:
Guzman admitted that on Nov. 14, 2013, he met with an
individual in the parking lot of a grocery store in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to
illegally sell three handguns. Guzman also admitted that from June 2013 through
February 2014, He sold approximately 33 firearms and hundreds of rounds of
ammunition to a confidential informant. The firearms sold by Guzman consisted
of semiautomatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns, assault-style rifles and firearms
with high-capacity magazines. Some of the firearms had obliterated serial
numbers. All of the weapons and ammunition are now in the custody of law
enforcement.
The charge of possessing a firearm while being a convicted
felon carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000
fine. Sentencing is scheduled for July 11, 2015.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Elizabeth M. Harris of the Organized Crime/Gangs Unit of the Criminal Division in
Newark.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special
Agent in Charge George P. Belsky; special agents of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Newark Division,
under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Kelly; and the
Jersey City Police Department with the investigation leading to today’s plea.
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