Two Phoenix brothers will spend time in jail after being convicted of illegally selling firearms.
According to the Department of Justice, on July 8, 2022, Jay Derek Ramirez Ramirez, age 21, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. His brother, Juan Ali Ramirez Ramirez, age 23, was sentenced on June 22, 2022, to 36 months in prison.
Both brothers previously pleaded guilty to Dealing Firearms Without a License.
In July and August 2020, the Ramirez brothers bought and sold at least 40 firearms for profit. Included in those 40 firearms were AR-type rifles, shotguns, Glock handguns, a stolen firearm, and a Privately Made Firearm, as well as an inert grenade, suppressors, body armor, and high-capacity magazines. Some of the firearms the brothers purchased and resold have been connected to crimes in the valley or were found in the hands of prohibited possessors. The Ramirez brothers advertised firearms for sale on social media and sold them out of their family tire shop.