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The US Attorney’s office in Tucson charged 54 people with federal firearms-related crimes in collaboration with Tucson Police.
The National Public Safety Partnership pilot program, which was established by the Department of Justice, led to the arrests of more than 50 people, in the last year, for alleged crimes that included people illegally possessing: unregistered parts designed for converting weapons into machine guns, silencers and other firearms without serial numbers, cocaine for distribution, counterfeit oxycodone “M30” pills containing fentanyl, and more.
United States Attorney Gary Restaino said there is a growing number of defendants who possess devices used to convert a firearm to a fully automatic mode, and that the office intends to seek harsher sentences for possessing those devices.
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