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PoliticAverse

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14. "She later called the deputy and admitted she bought the guns for Spengler, police said Friday."
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 06:22 PM
Dec 2012
“She told the seller of these guns, Gander Mountain in Henrietta, N.Y., that she was to be the true owner and buyer of the guns instead of William Spengler,” he said. “It is absolutely against federal law to provide any materially false information related to the acquisition of firearms.”

“It is sometimes referred to acting as a straw purchaser and that is exactly what today’s complaint alleges,” Hochul said.

Police say Spengler went with Nguyen to Gander Mountain and picked out the weapons himself. During an interview late on Christmas Eve, she told police she had bought the guns for personal protection and that they were stolen from her vehicle, though she never reported the guns stolen.

The day after the shootings, Nguyen texted an off-duty Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy with references to the killings. She later called the deputy and admitted she bought the guns for Spengler, police said Friday.

From: http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/dawn-nguyen-arrested-in-connection-with-guns-used-by-william-spengler-in-firefighter-shooting-61192/
WTSP story on the issue... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #1
So the ATF and police think she sold him the guns? janx Dec 2012 #2
It sounds like they think it was a 'straw purchase'. PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #6
"law enforcement officials will hold a press conference Friday at 4:00 p.m. in Rochester." PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #3
Thanks for the link to the live coverage! janx Dec 2012 #5
like David Gregory. no knee jerks PatrynXX Dec 2012 #4
There is more than were hearing on this ... Historic NY Dec 2012 #7
I can't get the stream--it keeps getting knocked out. janx Dec 2012 #8
Wow I know someone with the last name of Nguyen in central NY. aandegoons Dec 2012 #9
It's a very common Vietnamese name. n/t janx Dec 2012 #10
It'd be possible to say so in Central NY, alp227 Dec 2012 #11
It's an extremely common last name for Vietnamese Marrah_G Dec 2012 #12
Thanks I didn't know that. aandegoons Dec 2012 #13
"She later called the deputy and admitted she bought the guns for Spengler, police said Friday." PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #14
You called it. janx Dec 2012 #16
Every "legitimate" gun store owner knows he or she is selling to a percentage of straw purchasers alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #15
How to go about it though? janx Dec 2012 #17
Exactly...in the nearby city where I live the majority of guns come from Historic NY Dec 2012 #18
I hope she rots in jail for a very long time. SpartanDem Dec 2012 #19
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