Editor’s Note: The following is another instance of the illicit cigarette trade having a nexus to violent crime.
From: The Bay Net
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced William Terrance Proctor, a/k/a “Boobie,” and “Booby,” age 32, of Lexington Park, Maryland, today to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting the theft of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful sale of a firearm to a prohibited person; and receipt, possession and transportation of contraband cigarettes.
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On March 20, 2014, Proctor sold a rifle for $1,000 which had a barrel measuring less than 16 inches. From April to June, 2014, Proctor sold seven more firearms in exchange for contraband cigarettes – that is, cigarettes for which the applicable Maryland cigarette taxes were not paid. Of those seven firearms, two were stolen during the 2012 theft from the Tackle Box. Proctor knowingly sold them to an individual who had been previously convicted of a felony. Proctor then sold most of the contraband cigarettes.
