A convicted felon from Jersey City, today admitted selling 33 firearms to a confidential informant, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Bernardo Guzman, 27, plead guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to possessing firearms while being a previously convicted felon.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Guzman admitted that on Nov. 14, 2013, he met with an individual in the parking lot of a grocery store in Fort Lee to sell three illegal handguns.
Guzman also admitted that between June 2013 through February 2014, he sold approximately 33 firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to a confidential informant.
The firearms sold by Guzman consisted of semiautomatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns, assault-style rifles and firearms with high-capacity magazines. Some of the firearms had obliterated serial numbers.
All of the weapons and ammunition are now in the custody of law enforcement.
The charge of possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 11, 2015.