A Niles man has pleaded guilty in a federal guns case.
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten says 19-year-old Lawrence Edward Slaughter has pleaded to possessing a loaded firearm, which had been modified to a fully automatic weapon using a conversion device, as a convicted felon.
The U.S. Attorney’s office says on September 23 of 2022, Slaughter’s state probation officers conducted an inspection at his apartment in Niles and found a loaded 9mm Glock pistol in one of the bedrooms. The pistol also had a machinegun conversion device attached.
Totten says gun violence is an epidemic all across the nation and his office will continue to hold accountable felons who possess guns illegally as well as anyone who traffics or possesses illegal machinegun conversion devices.
Slaughter will be sentenced on July 16 and faces up to 15 years in prison.
