Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 7, 1991 TAG: 9103070516
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-5 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
David Jose Robinson and Paul Lamont Adams admitted in U.S. District Court in Roanoke that they bought two handguns, three assault-type weapons and 100 rounds of ammunition by using a false state Department of Motor Vehicles identification card.
Donald Harris, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, testified Wednesday that Adams, of Landover Hills, Md., traveled to a Roanoke gun shop on Dec. 10 to inquire about buying guns. Adams was told he could not purchase them because he was a Maryland resident.
On Dec. 19, Robinson obtained a Virginia DMV identification card that listed his residency as Alexandria, when he actually lived in Lanham, Md., Harris said.
On Dec. 20, Robinson, Adams and a third man - later identified as a juvenile - came to Roanoke to purchase the guns. They were arrested at a gun shop.
Robinson and Adams were indicted by a grand jury in January.
Under a plea agreement reached in court Wednesday, Robinson and Adams pleaded guilty to the false-information charge in exchange for having other charges dropped.
Charges against the juvenile were dismissed.
Authorities alleged that the three were buying guns and ammunition to sell to drug dealers.
Robinson and Adams each face a maximum five years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
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