A Pennsauken man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for illegally selling 16 guns, including firearms with high-capacity magazines and obliterated serial numbers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Ammie Steward, a/k/a “Beav,” a/k/a “B,” 41, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an information charging him with one count of dealing firearms without a license and one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Judge Bumb imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Between May 2012 and Aug. 15, 2012, Steward sold 16 firearms on nine separate occasions for profit and without a license. The 16 firearms included 12 pistols and two rifles. Steward also admitted to using a power tool to obliterate the serial numbers on 14 of the 16 guns.
Steward sold them near Canal’s Liquors at 5360 Route 38 in Pennsauken to a witness who was cooperating with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Seven of the guns were sold along with high-capacity magazines. On at least one occasion, Steward sold a Kel Tec PLR-16 .223 caliber pistol along with a 30-round magazine and a box of ammunition. Steward also sold a Romarm/Cugir, WASR 10/63 .762 caliber rifle with two high-capacity magazines and a bayonet. All 16 weapons are now in the custody of law enforcement.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Steward to serve three years of supervised release.