East Chicago Man Sentenced For Straw Purchasing Firearms
Terrence McCray, 22 years old, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to make false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealers in connection with the acquisition of multiple firearms, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
McCray was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, in 2019, McCray conspired with three other persons to straw purchase 17 firearms on 14 occasions. In each of the transactions, a buyer falsely certified on the federal forms that he/she was the actual buyer of the firearms. However, the buyer was really making the purchase of the firearms for McCray, who had selected and provided the funds for the purchase of the firearms.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin F. Wolff and Michael J. Toth.
