[El Gato]

But authorities say Somerville crossed the line between citizen and criminal when he allegedly converted several Fabrique Nationale L1A1 semiautomatic rifles to machine guns.

Last I looked, even convicted criminals were still citizens, let alone mere "suspects", or persons charged with crimes.

[Cultural Jihad]

Last I looked, even convicted criminals were still citizens, ...

The statement could better have been written as: "But authorities say Somerville crossed the line between responsible citizen and irresponsible criminal when he ..."