WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 38-year-old resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been ordered by a federal judge to prison for conspiring to "straw purchase" firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A straw purchase of firearms involves the illegal purchase of a firearm for or on behalf of others-in this case, dangerous cartel members.
Shawn Bisnauth pleaded guilty May 7.
U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos has now ordered Bisnauth to serve 300 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release. At the hearing, the court heard that from 2022 th...