BUFFALO, N.Y. - James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, announced today that Benjamin Handley, 26, of Homer, Alaska, who was convicted of unlawful transportation of machineguns, was sentenced to serve five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that the defendant sold 12 fully automatic firearms with obliterated serial numbers to an undercover agent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The machineguns were all shipped from the State of Alaska to the Buffalo area.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Kevin Kelly; HSI Anchorage; the United States Postal Service Inspection Service, Boston Division, under the direction of Inspector-in-Charge Joseph W. Cronin; and the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Alaska State Troopers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska, led by U.S. Attorney Bryan D. Schroeder, also assisted in Handley’s arrest. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
