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Authorities: Gun Trafficking Fugitives Arrested in Philippines

Posted/updated on: December 14, 2012 at 11:45 am
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TYLER — Federal authorities say two fugitives wanted for federal gun trafficking violations appeared in a Tyler courtroom after their arrest in the Philippines. Andrea Jaine Burns London, 51, and Lucretia Beth Brown, 45, both of Yantis, were indicted on July 11, and charged with 26 counts of gun trafficking violations. London and Burns made their initial appearances in U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love’s court on Wednesday.

Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Agents executed search warrants at their home and business in November 2011. A warrant was issued for their arrest, but according to authorities, the U.S. Marshals Service soon discovered that the pair had left the United States for the Philippines in February 2012. Assistance was requested from the International Investigations Branch and a lead was sent to the Diplomatic Security Service in Manila. On October 9, Philippine Immigration Agents arrested London and Brown in Cebu without incident.

According to the indictment, from January 2011 to July 2011, London owned and operated Lake Fork Gunslinger & Outdoors in Emory, Texas. Lake Fork Gunslinger was a federally licensed firearms dealer, and Brown was an employee. The indictment alleges that London and Brown conspired with one another to not keep the records as required by federal law and to not conduct the required background checks on gun purchasers. The indictment further alleges that London and Brown conspired to make false statements on the ATF Form 4473 that accompanies sales of dealership inventory and to not report multiple sales of handguns.



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