An Akron man who recruited middlemen to buy firearms on his behalf, also known as “stray purchasing” was sentenced to eight years in prison on drug and firearms charges.
27 year old Gary Robinson pleaded guilty distribution of marijuana, possession of a firearm in the futherarnce of a drug trafficking crime and trafficking firearms, according to federal prosecutors.
In addition to prison time, Robinson will also pay a $500 fine. Prosecutors identified five co defendants, four were sentenced to prison or probation.
Robinson recruited three women to buy guns at licensed sellers in Barberton and Canton. A fourth person went to a gun store in Coventry Township, prosecutors said.
To buy the guns, recruits lied on federal forms, posing as the true buyers. They then turned the guns over to Robinson.