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SecularMotion

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Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:09 AM Sep 2015

Northfield man indicted on federal possession of a machine gun charge

A 37-year-old Northfield man has been indicted on a federal machine gun possession charge.

The indictment, filed Thursday, says that Edward Evan Lasley, 37, of Northfield, was in possession of a “Nodak Spud, LLC, model NDS-1948, 9 mm machine gun” on July 15.

According to Northfield Police Chief Monte Nelson, a federal warrant, filed on Tuesday, was served Wednesday around 10 a.m. on the 1000 block of Forest Avenue. The Northfield Police Department and members from the Cannon River Drug and Violent Offenders Task Force and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) worked together to serve the warrant, which was done without incident, he said.

As a result of the warrant, Lasley was arrested on a single federal count of illegal possession of a machine gun. Lasley was first placed in the Rice County jail and was later transferred to federal custody.

http://www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/article_8c2248df-269c-538b-a900-7dcfb8836000.html
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Northfield man indicted on federal possession of a machine gun charge (Original Post) SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP
Doesn't appear to be an actual gun but a receiver. nt hack89 Sep 2015 #1
That smacks of people being arrested for possessing ammunition for having empty casings. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #2
A piece of shoestring can get you a machine gun charge... virginia mountainman Sep 2015 #3

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
2. That smacks of people being arrested for possessing ammunition for having empty casings.
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:42 AM
Sep 2015

Next, we can charge people keeping containers of gasoline with possessing the precursors for building Molotov cocktails which we all know can become bombs, which we all know are weapons of mass destruction.

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