[Vic3O3]

The case was solved when the police received information that a Remington .35 caliber rifle had been stolen from a gun store in a burglary and that the weapon was sold to Mr. Sylvester.

Can someone explain to me how a gun that was stolen in a burglary from a gun store was then sold on-paper to Mr Sylvester?

I can see how the cops could've matched ballistics once the rifle was recovered, but not before (at least in 1994)since I don't think NY was tracking the ballistic record of longarms sold in the state back then.

[Chapita]

****************"Can someone explain to me how a gun that was stolen in a burglary from a gun store was then sold on-paper to Mr Sylvester?"*******************************

Probably the burglar was caught and told who he sold the rifle to!