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Man convicted of having machine gun
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Man convicted of having machine gun
By SUEANN T. MITCHELL
Grand Haven Tribune
A 59-year-old Grand Haven man was convicted by a federal jury in Grand Rapids Thursday for possession of a machine gun, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Keith W. Nass, 1623 Colfax St., was convicted by a federal jury on two charges stemming from his possession of an unregistered Frankfort Arsenal, AR-15 type machine gun. The jury acquitted Nass on three counts stemming from his alleged possession of an unregistered Uzi machine gun pistol with a silencer.
Nass was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service immediately following Thursday's conviction.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or fines from $10,000 to $250,000.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officials turned over information to federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to investigate the case, and prosecutors sought the federal indictment because a conviction would prohibit Nass from ever again possessing a gun.
Both Nass and his 17-year-old son, Hans Nass, were charged with counts of possessing a machine gun after Ottawa County Sheriff's Department deputies came across information, during a March 17 runaway investigation, that the younger Nass had been firing the 9mm Uzi pistol in a Grand Haven Township blueberry field, sheriff's Lt. Del South said.
Automatic firearms are outlawed on both state and federal levels unless properly licensed and possessed by a member of the armed services or a law enforcement officer. Specially licensed arms dealers also can possess the weapon, Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Lt. Rick Yonker said.
The weapon was fitted with a silencer and equipped with three clips of ammunition when it was recovered by Grand Haven investigators.
Police took into custody more than 40 firearms from the Nass home, Yonker said. They were turned over to the ATF to verify their proper registration and for ballistics testing.
Two of the counts in the federal indictment against Keith Nass were specifically based on the allegation that the gun and the silencer were not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/092202/loc_092202019.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By SUEANN T. MITCHELL
Grand Haven Tribune
A 59-year-old Grand Haven man was convicted by a federal jury in Grand Rapids Thursday for possession of a machine gun, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Keith W. Nass, 1623 Colfax St., was convicted by a federal jury on two charges stemming from his possession of an unregistered Frankfort Arsenal, AR-15 type machine gun. The jury acquitted Nass on three counts stemming from his alleged possession of an unregistered Uzi machine gun pistol with a silencer.
Nass was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service immediately following Thursday's conviction.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or fines from $10,000 to $250,000.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officials turned over information to federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to investigate the case, and prosecutors sought the federal indictment because a conviction would prohibit Nass from ever again possessing a gun.
Both Nass and his 17-year-old son, Hans Nass, were charged with counts of possessing a machine gun after Ottawa County Sheriff's Department deputies came across information, during a March 17 runaway investigation, that the younger Nass had been firing the 9mm Uzi pistol in a Grand Haven Township blueberry field, sheriff's Lt. Del South said.
Automatic firearms are outlawed on both state and federal levels unless properly licensed and possessed by a member of the armed services or a law enforcement officer. Specially licensed arms dealers also can possess the weapon, Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Lt. Rick Yonker said.
The weapon was fitted with a silencer and equipped with three clips of ammunition when it was recovered by Grand Haven investigators.
Police took into custody more than 40 firearms from the Nass home, Yonker said. They were turned over to the ATF to verify their proper registration and for ballistics testing.
Two of the counts in the federal indictment against Keith Nass were specifically based on the allegation that the gun and the silencer were not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/092202/loc_092202019.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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By SUEANN T. MITCHELL
Grand Haven Tribune
A 59-year-old Grand Haven man was convicted by a federal jury in Grand Rapids Thursday for possession of a machine gun, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Keith W. Nass, 1623 Colfax St., was convicted by a federal jury on two charges stemming from his possession of an unregistered Frankfort Arsenal, AR-15 type machine gun. The jury acquitted Nass on three counts stemming from his alleged possession of an unregistered Uzi machine gun pistol with a silencer.
Nass was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service immediately following Thursday's conviction.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or fines from $10,000 to $250,000.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officials turned over information to federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to investigate the case, and prosecutors sought the federal indictment because a conviction would prohibit Nass from ever again possessing a gun.
Both Nass and his 17-year-old son, Hans Nass, were charged with counts of possessing a machine gun after Ottawa County Sheriff's Department deputies came across information, during a March 17 runaway investigation, that the younger Nass had been firing the 9mm Uzi pistol in a Grand Haven Township blueberry field, sheriff's Lt. Del South said.
Automatic firearms are outlawed on both state and federal levels unless properly licensed and possessed by a member of the armed services or a law enforcement officer. Specially licensed arms dealers also can possess the weapon, Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Lt. Rick Yonker said.
The weapon was fitted with a silencer and equipped with three clips of ammunition when it was recovered by Grand Haven investigators.
Police took into custody more than 40 firearms from the Nass home, Yonker said. They were turned over to the ATF to verify their proper registration and for ballistics testing.
Two of the counts in the federal indictment against Keith Nass were specifically based on the allegation that the gun and the silencer were not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/092202/loc_092202019.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878