A Prescott man, Mark Adams Prieto, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on Firearms Trafficking, Transfer of a Firearm for Use in a Hate Crime, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm in connection to a planned mass shooting.
According to the Department of Justice indictment, between January 2024 and May 2024, Prieto allegedly had discussions with two individuals working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to devise a plan to commit a mass shooting of African Americans and other minorities to incite a race war prior to the 2024 United States Presidential Election. Prieto did not know the individuals were working with the government, but instead believed that they shared his racist beliefs and wanted to commit a mass shooting to incite a race war. The targeted event was a concert in Atlanta that was going to be held on May 14 and May 15, 2024.
The indictment further alleges that, having discussed specific details about the planned attack, Prieto sold two rifles to one of the individuals, an AK-style rifle on February 25, 2024, and an AR-style rifle on March 24, 2024. During the entire investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation closely monitored Prieto’s movements. On May 14, 2024, Prieto was stopped by law enforcement driving east from Arizona through New Mexico along Interstate 40. Prieto was in possession of seven firearms and was taken into federal custody. Law enforcement then executed a search warrant at his home in Prescott. Law enforcement found more firearms in his residence, including an unregistered short-barreled rifle.
Each conviction for Firearms Trafficking and Transfer of Firearm for Use in a Hate Crime carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. A conviction for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
He was rumored to have a MAGA and Trump sticker on his car.
A race riot in Prescott, cowboys against the potheads.
a real unregistered SBR or a pistol with a brace?
Another case of classic governmental entrapment that would’ve never occurred without the agents aiding in abetting the crime itself. Now they get a pat themselves on the back and say look at us stopping extremism and terrorism. Justify more money always been always will be hot garbage created by themselves.
If we have the right to bear arms, why does any firearm have to be registered? Why does the government feel the need to track what we own? Has such registration ever solved a crime? It seems to me crimes are committed by people who steal firearms.
Would the Prescott man have acted on his own? Sounds like the FBI got him all wound up. Meanwhile child traffickers and foreign terrorists wander free.