6 men convicted of federal firearms crimes

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Six central Ohio men are now convicted in a case involving the trafficking of at least 17 firearms. 

Khalid Dorsey, 21, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing and transferring a machinegun. He faces up to 10 years in prison. 

According to court documents, Dorsey was one of six defendants trafficking in guns and/or drugs that the ATF investigated between May and November 2025. 

Dorsey admitted to trafficking a pistol with an attached Glock switch on Sept. 16, 2025, near the Dirty Franks on North Fourth Street in Columbus. Co-defendant Rashied Houston, 23, was with Dorsey during the sale. Houston also pleaded guilty earlier this month to possessing and transferring a machinegun. Additionally, Houston sold two other firearms with attached conversion devices making them fully automatic weapons.

Lead defendant William Turner, 57, pleaded guilty in June to dealing cocaine and trafficking in at least six firearms. Turner either facilitated the sale of the guns or directly sold firearms himself. He coordinated firearms sales through co-defendants Robert Phillips, 45, and Jeffrey Perry, 62.

Kevin Fowler, 55, pleaded guilty in March to illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon after selling at least two firearms. 

Sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the Court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors at a future hearing.

Vipal J. Patel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and Jorge Rosendo, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF); announced the guilty plea entered before U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley. Assistant United States Attorney Kevin W. Kelley and Special Assistant United States Attorney Heidy Carr are representing the United States in this case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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