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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Todd Richmond

Police chief helped California gun dealers in illegal armor-piercing ammunition import plot, prosecutors say

Two California brothers face potential prison sentences of up to five years each for allegedly enlisting a small-town Wisconsin police chief in a scheme to illegally import nearly half a million armor-piercing rounds into the United States.

Federal prosecutors state in online court records that Jacob and Darin Dowd operated a gun dealership in the community of Vacaville.

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