Friday, April 21, 2000
6 indicted in gun store break-ins
200 weapons taken; some sold to minors
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Federal authorities announced Thursday that they had broken up a Tristate ring that burglarized 10 gun stores in 1999 and stolemore than 200 firearms.
Six people were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges that they broke into the guns shops in Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana during 1999.
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WHERE BURGLARIES OCCURRED
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The licensed firearms dealers, according to the federal indictment, burglarized by the defendants:
• Manford Sporting Goods, 3339 Second St., Aurora, Ind.
• Land, Air & Sea Surplus, 1753 Monmouth St., Newport.
• Ole Pawn Shop, 1128 U.S. 68, Maysville, Ky.
• Costello's Gun Shop, 19211/2 W. Galbraith Road, North College Hill.
• Tony's Gun Shop, 7736 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria, Ky.
• Arms & Accessories, 3400 Harrison Ave., Cheviot.
• Blackhawk Trading Post, 7672 U.S. 52, Brown County, Ohio.
• Old 74 Gun Shop, 580 Old State Route 74, Union Township, Ohio.
• Sportsman's Edge, 1144 Harrison Ave., Harrison.
• Dry Ridge Gun Store, 410 Reeves Road, Dry Ridge, Ky.
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“This is a significant case, especially when you consider the number of firearms involved, the ages of the offenders, and juvenile status of some of the individuals found in possession of these stolen firearms,” Shar on J. Zealey, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, said Thursday in announcing the 32-page indictment.
The indictment charges that the defendants burglarized 10 gun stores between April 15 and July 15, 1999, and stole more than 200 fire arms, including revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns.
After the burglaries, the indictment states, the defendants took the guns to locations in Cincinnati where the
serial numbes were sometimes “obliterated” or ground off the guns before being sold.
Twelve of the stolen firearms were recovered by police in Cincinnati. At least three were in the possession of juveniles.
“These are serious offenses, and unfortunately, local police agencies are likely to continue finding these stolen firearms while they investigate other criminal activity,” Ms. Zealey said.
Charged in the 26-count indictment with numerous federal firearms violations are Shane W. Gaskins, 24, and wife, Melissa O'Malley Gaskins, 21; Kelli K. O'Malley, 20; Scott T. Huy, 20; and John Perkins, 21, all of Cincinnati, and Shannon Raines, 19, of Manchester, Ohio.
The indictment is the result of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms and the Cincinnati Police Division, with cooperation from the Kentucky State Police and police departments in Cheviot, Harrison, North College Hill, and Union Township (Clermont County) in Ohio, and Newport, Williamstown, Maysville, Alexandria and Paris in Kentucky, as well as the Brown County, Ohio, and Boone County, Ky., sheriff's offices.
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