21-04-2025
Mobile man sentenced for illegally carrying a machine gun
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been sentenced for having a pistol that was illegally converted to a machine gun, has learned.
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Ryan Christopher Triplett, 21, of Mobile, was arrested by Mobile police in December 2022 following a traffic stop, according to the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Alabama.
During that stop, police found a Glock .40-caliber pistol that was fully loaded and equipped with an illegal machinegun-conversion device, also known as a Glock switch, a USAO news release said. The Glock switch turned the single-shot pistol into a fully automatic weapon.
'During an interview with police, Triplett admitted that the pistol was his and that he knew it was illegally modified,' the release said.
United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Triplett to 13 months in prison and three years of supervision upon his release, according to the USAO.
Triplett was ordered to pay $100 in special assessments and forfeit his pistol and ammunition to the United States, according to the release.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mobile Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted it.
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