Posted on 02/03/2018 9:43:08 AM PST by iowamark
The Arizona man who sold bullets to gunman Stephen Paddock was charged Friday with conspiracy to manufacture and sell armor-piercing ammunition without a license.
Douglas Haig, 55, is the first person to be charged in connection with the Las Vegas shooting investigation. Paddock, 64, killed himself on Oct. 1 after fatally shooting 58 people and wounding hundreds more. Authorities have described him as the lone shooter.
According to a criminal complaint, the FBI determined that “two unfired cartridges bearing Haig’s fingerprints” were found in Paddock’s suite at Mandalay Bay, and the cartridges are classified as armor-piercing ammunition.
Court records show that a warrant for Haig’s arrest was issued Friday morning by a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Vegas.
Haig appeared in a Phoenix courtroom Friday afternoon, hours after holding a news conference with his lawyer, who told reporters he did not expect his client to face charges.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns released Haig on his own recognizance. He must remove all weapons, ammunition and related equipment from his home by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
If convicted, Haig could face up to five years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Las Vegas.
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Add to that the multiple stories of Jose, the Super Security Guard.
But, hey, the FBI has lots of experience in creating narratives:
Ruby Ridge
Waco
OKC Bombing
TWA-800
Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing
LaVoy Finicum’s Murder
Clearing Hillary Clinton of having an Illegal Server and deleting emails and destruction of evidence
Abuse of FISA Courts to obtain illegal warrants to spy on American citizens
Nothing to see on Weiner’s laptop
The hotel security guard would be better.
The guy could have just been selling reloads at gun shows and happened to sell to Paddock.
The M855 green tip 5.56 NATO ammo is not defined as armor piercing by the ATF and is expressly exempted from the AP category. The article states the rounds were 7.62x51 NATO AP which is expressly forbidden.
Boy, if they would have just gotten him to pay his license fee, at least the state would've gotten something out of it.
Yeah, I'm something of a cynic.
I didn’t know that.
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