Cops Uncover Homemade Assault Weapons, Silencers, Thousands of Rounds of Ammo in Motel Room – By Kate Briquelet (dailybeast.com) / Oct 18 2017
An Illinois couple was busted at a motel for allegedly trying to sell a cache of firearms—including three homemade assault weapons.
Authorities cuffed Cara L. Anderson and Shawn C. Holland last week at the Motel 6 in Caseyville, about 10 miles east of St. Louis.
The lovebirds stayed at their lodging-turned-gun show for three weeks before a tip led to their arrests, according to St. Clair County Sheriff Rick Watson.
On Oct. 11, deputies executing a search warrant discovered multiple assault rifles and handguns, along with silencers and a copy of the “AR-15 to M-16 Conversion Book.” They also found a bulletproof vest, thousands of rounds of loose rifle ammunition, and 38 fully-loaded 30-round .223 magazines.
Holland, 33, is charged with four counts of felony unlawful possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, and one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of ammunition without a FOID card.
Anderson, 32, faces four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon. (Court records show Anderson was convicted of aggravated battery in 2005.)
The duo is being held on $750,000 bond.
PB/TK – They’ll just allow anyone to sell guns illegally nowadays. Nothing a registry couldn’t handle
