Recommend This Story*Front Royal pawn shop owner indicted on federal gun charges
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By Sally Voth -- svoth@nvdaily.com
HARRISONBURG -- A Front Royal pawn shop owner has been indicted in U.S. District Court on 10 gun charges.
Don Francis Simonpietri, 64, of 9503 Stonewall Jackson Highway, Front Royal, was indicted Thursday, according to online court records. The indictments were unsealed Tuesday.
Officers from the Front Royal Police Department and agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched his home and pawn shop, at 528 S. Royal Ave., last October. Local charges against him were dropped in May so the federal indictments could be sought.
Simonpietri is charged with conspiracy to deal firearms without a license, dealing firearms without a license, two counts of possession of a machine gun, three counts of selling guns to a convicted felon, and three counts of a firearm not registered to him.
According to the indictment, the federal government is seeking the forfeiture of 1,100 firearms and a 2004 Ford Mustang convertible.
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