NJ man jailed for Georgia straw gun purchases

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for heading a gun-trafficking ring that purchased weapons in Georgia and sold them in New Jersey. Authorities said 13 guns sold by 34-year-old Clovis Reeves and his co-conspirators wound up at crime scenes, including a homicide. Reeves, of Newark, was convicted May 1 of conspiracy to illegally purchase firearms, aiding and abetting the falsification of firearms records, and being a felon in possession of firearms. Five of the seven others indicted with Reeves testified at his four-day trial. Among them were Georgia residents who admitted acting as "straw purchasers" in 2005 to buy dozens of guns carried to Reeves and later sold.

(Associated Press)