Yes, the one on Needy Road.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/Yhvvh6cwB1k


Am I wrong to hope there is an rigorous, unbiased external criminal investigation and that there are suddenly a bunch of job openings there?

I hear there is a big team of investigators that just got freed up from the Mueller teamt they can send there to get to the bottom of this.

Boo 'effin hoo. Gunz on teh street! Oh teh noes! A CBS news report dripping with NYC-is-better-than-you smarm and technical error. Glock part is discussed, but a picture of a SIG is shown.

The parts should have been sold off with the money used to reduce NFA wait times. I can only dream. If ATF wanted the deed done right, they'd have taken the parts to Bitchmade.

This is what happens when the process of destroying guns gets too lax. I wonder how many YEARS this has been going on for. The ATF will get a well deserved black eye over this.

The real question is whether or actual guns were taken, or simply the serialed slides/barrels of guns with the actual controlled part (frame) destroyed.

Better institute a ban on all guns to make sure they recover as many as possible

Just one more example of another gubbermint agency totally out of control.

Until people involved in this crap start paying a real price for being so stupid and inefficient, things will not get better.

Note, gun parts, and GUNS stolen. At least in the headline.

But one of us getting his/her weapon stolen and the total wrath of the "machine" comes down on us.

That's where the ghost guns are coming from! The Man!

The guns went to Mexico as part of a brand new program called Fast and Furious, Part II.

Search Eric Holders house

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
The ATF will get a well deserved black eye over this.

They have had one for a very long time.

ATF should be merged with The Clown College. At least they would learn how to dress appropriately.

Somebody should've done a background check on 'em

One of the guys over on the S&W forum had the ATF at his house to pick up a slide he had bought off EBAY. I think it came from this theft.

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Originally posted by maxwayne:
One of the guys over on the S&W forum had the ATF at his house to pick up a slide he had bought off EBAY. I think it came from this theft.

There are people talking about BATFE visits to recover stuff on lots of other gun forums.

I think BATFE doing this is why the story broke in the MSM, especially on the heels of the terrorist event in New Zealand.

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Originally posted by radioman:
The guns went to Mexico as part of a brand new program called Fast and Furious, Part II.

I believe you mean 2 Fast, 2 Furious.

This is unreal. An absolute "inside job".

I suppose Benchmade was behind schedule.

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Originally posted by striperkid:
This is unreal. An absolute "inside job".

Here he is, link has a photo. I read somewhere he was a contractor guard for ATF.

https://www.journal-news.net/j...3e-060e22264bfd.html

Records: Man arrested for stealing firearms from ATF facility

By Kelsie LeRose klerose@journal-news.net Mar 6, 2019

MARTINSBURG — A 52-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stealing firearms from a local Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facility, according to records filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of West Virginia.

Christopher Lee Yates, of an unknown address, has been charged in Federal Court on the charges of theft of government property and possession of a stolen firearm. Yates is incarcerated at the Eastern Regional Jail in lieu of no bond, according to jail records Tuesday evening.

On Feb. 28, a criminal complaint was filed in Federal Court stating Yates, on or about Feb. 25 in Berkeley County, unlawfully stole firearm parts, which belonged to the ATF, an agency of the United States Government.

“Investigation and intelligence reveals that Yates traveled from West Virginia to Maryland to sell the ATF firearm parts for financial gain,” the complaint signed by ATF Special Agent Seth Cox said. “Yates willfully and knowingly did steal firearm slides and firearm parts of a value exceeding $1,000.”

The complaint alleges that on Feb. 27, Yates made an admission to ATF agents that he knowingly was in possession of stolen government property and transferred it to an individual in Maryland on Feb. 25.

“Yates further stated that he did not request authorization from anyone at ATF to remove the firearm slides and parts from the ATF facility nor did he have permission to re-sell them,” court records said.

In a separate case, it is alleged that Yates on or about March 1 was in possession of a stolen firearm in Berkeley County, court records said.

On that date, Yates allegedly gave consent to have his vehicle searched and advised agent Cox there were stolen firearms in the vehicle, records said.

“SA Cox conducted a search of the vehicle and yielded a firearm concealed in a book bag on the front passenger seat floorboard,” a second criminal complaint said.

The firearm was identified as a FNH, model Five-Seven pistol, according to court records. After a search of ATF records, it was confirmed that the firearm was listed as disposed from the ATF National Firearms Act Division in August 2017, thus confirming it was unlawfully removed from the ATF NFAD facility.

“An inspection of the firearm indicates it meets the definition of a firearm and has traveled in interstate commerce,” the complaint said. “SA Cox test-fired the weapon and it proved operable.”

Court records do not indicate which specific facility the firearms and parts were taken from. However, there is an office located on Needy Road in Martinsburg.

Yates is to appear in court today for a bond revocation hearing, court records said. Preliminary hearings have also been scheduled for March 19 and 20.

That was quick.

https://www.heraldmailmedia.co...3e-4b7717d5f74a.html

Former security guard pleas guilty to firearms, ammo theft from ATF

By Matthew Umstead mumstead@herald-mail.com 20 hrs ago

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former federal contractor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing firearms, ammunition and firearm parts from a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facility where he was a security guard.

Christopher Lee Yates, 52, of Martinsburg, told U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble that he took items that still appeared to be intact from recycling bins at the ATF’s National Firearms and Ammunition Destruction Branch (NAFD) facility near Martinsburg, then sold them.

The ATF facility is now at 244 Needy Road, but was at 5550 Winchester Ave. south of Martinsburg.

Yates faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and $250,000 fine for each offense.

The government’s investigation found that Yates stole from the ATF facility and trafficked firearms, firearm parts and ammunition from 2016 to 2019, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday.

Yates worked for approximately 16 years as a contract security guard. He had access to virtually the entire facility, including areas where firearms were stored and destroyed, according to court records.

According to the government, Yates admitted stealing at least 3,000 Glock slides by entering the facility before other employees arrived.

Yates sold the Glock slides for $30 each; they were then resold for $100 each, records said.

The federal investigation began in February after the Philadelphia Police Department recovered a firearm described as a “ghost gun” during a traffic stop, according to testimony by ATF Special Agent Seth Cox on Wednesday and court records.

The type of gun is also known as a Polymer 80 percent receiver, according to court records.

The slide on the firearm was from a Glock .40 handgun. The slide was traced by serial number back to the ATF facility as having been destroyed by the ATF, according to Cox and court records.

Altogether, Cox testified on Wednesday, the government recovered more than 4,000 items as part of an ongoing investigation.

The recovered items include slides, scopes and magazines that trace back to the ATF facility when Yates was a contractor there.

In the course of the investigation, Cox testified, a Bedford, Pa., man told authorities that he had a longstanding business relationship with Yates.

The Bedford man told authorities that he bought 15 rifles, at least 80 handguns and 30 revolvers, and 10 to 15 AR-style lower receivers from Yates, according to court records. Many handguns and revolvers were ATF duty weapons, records said.

Four stolen firearms that the government alleges Yates sold to the Pennsylvania man were fully automatic machine guns. The government also contends that Yates sold bulk amounts of ammunition stolen from the ATF to the Pennsylvania buyer, records said.

Yates also allegedly sold a .40 caliber pistol stolen from the ATF facility to a contract maintenance worker who worked there. The $300 sale occurred at the defendant’s residence, records said.

The firearm was an ATF service weapon submitted for destruction, records said.

Yates also is accused of selling another firearm to the maintenance worker that had been recovered in a criminal investigation in Pensacola, Fla., for approximately $450, records said.

In total, the investigation found that Yates stole 31 firearms from the ATF that were traced to prior criminal investigations and that they were sent to the facility to be destroyed.

Nine firearms that Yates stole had characteristics that ordinarily require them to be registered under the National Firearms Act, but the government alleges that wasn’t done.

In a Feb. 28 search of Yates’ home at 496 E. Burke St. in Martinsburg, the government found more than $1,000 in government property stolen from the ATF facility and alleged that it was converted for his personal use, records said.

The property included pistol magazines, AR and AK-style upper receivers, a Glock sub-compact pistol frame and barrel, multiple rifle scopes and sights, and two black Glock pistol boxes containing ATF serial numbers and ammunition, according to court records.

On March 1, a search of a family member’s Clay Rock Drive residence led to the recovery of additional firearms and ammunition that Yates stole and moved to the residence, records said.

That same day, Yates was arrested at 5550 Winchester Ave. Police recovered five firearms from his 2017 Toyota Tacoma, including a machine gun and pistol he stole from the ATF facility, records said.

The stolen machine gun was not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to court records.

In testimony about the search of the Clay Rock Drive residence, Cox said authorities recovered $39,620 in the home. When questioned by defense attorney Kevin D. Mills, Cox acknowledged that the government had not determined whether the cash was from gambling proceeds or another source.

Mills told Trumble that Yates would receive treatment for gambling and PTSD disorders at a Virginia residential treatment facility if he were placed on home confinement while his case is pending.

Trumble revoked Yates’ bond this month after he failed to appear for a hearing.

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Christopher Lee

The property included pistol magazines, AR and AK-style upper receivers, a Glock sub-compact pistol frame and barrel, multiple rifle scopes and sights, an odd prototype Golden Glock , and two black Glock pistol boxes, containing ATF serial numbers and ammunition, according to court records.

He has been at it for some time. I believe he won’t have to worry about room and board for a while.