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Date: 03-08-2022
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Case Number: 8:21-cr-00169-RFR-SMB
Judge: Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Douglas County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing a machine gun.
Riley Griffy, age 29, of Omaha, Nebraska,
On April 15, 2021, Riley Griffy, age 29, of Omaha, sold a 3D printed conversion device which converted a semiautomatic Glock pistol into an automatic weapon. Griffy used a 3D printer to build the device, which is a machinegun as defined by federal law. Griffy continued illegally manufacturing machineguns which converted firearms into automatic weapons until he was arrested on June 2, 2021. In total, Griffy manufactured and sold nine machineguns and one silencer.
This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and were part of Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally based strategies to reduce violent crime.
18:921(a)(23), 922(o) and 924(a)(2) and 26:5845(b) UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF A MACHINE GUN
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Outcome: Defendant pleaded guilty to count I of the Indictment and is hereby committed to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons for a term of 57 momths; Supervised Release for 3 years with special conditions; Special Assessment $100.00
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