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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Feb. 4 , 2008
TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT OF FIREARMS
TOPEKA, KAN. – Two Salina men pleaded guilty Monday to stealing 33 rifles and handguns from a sporting goods store in Salina, Kan.
Charles Richard Ferris, Jr., 20, and Robert Brenton Born, 19, each admitted participating in a May 31, 2007, burglary at Cleve’s Marine and Sporting Goods, 136 S. Broadway in Salina. In their plea they admitted stealing the firearms and taking them to co-defendant Charles Richard Ferris, Sr., who agreed to help them dispose of the weapons.
Co-defendant Charles Richard Ferris, Sr., is scheduled for trial March 4. Co-defendant Jamie Neil Durham pleaded guilty in November to the theft and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
Born and Charles Ferris Jr. are set for sentencing May 5, 2008.
U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren commended the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Hough for their work on the case.
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