ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mark P. Messare, age 43, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for possessing an unregistered, short-barreled rifle.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and John B. Devito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn also imposed a 3-year term of post-imprisonment supervised release.
In pleading guilty, Messare admitted that on September 8, 2018, he possessed a Glock 9 millimeter handgun that was inserted into a Micro Roni Pistol Carbine Conversion Kit, creating a short-barreled rifle with a barrel length of approximately four (4) inches. Messare also admitted that he knew that the Micro Roni Pistol Carbine Conversion Kit was designed to convert a handgun into a short-barreled rifle, as the Conversion Kit includes a folding shoulder stock that allows a handgun to be fired from the shoulder. Messare never registered this firearm in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, as required by federal law.
This case was investigated by the ATF and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
