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Ex-Addyston police chief sentenced to 3 years probation for illegally trafficking machine guns

According to court documents, 66-year-old Dorian LaCourse played a key role in a conspiracy to traffic fully-automatic machine guns while chief of police for the Village of Addyston.

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According to court documents, 66-year-old Dorian LaCourse played a key role in a conspiracy to traffic fully-automatic machine guns while chief of police for the Village of Addyston.

Highlights

  • Dorian LaCourse played a key role in a conspiracy to traffic fully-automatic machine guns.
  • As chief of police, LaCourse signed multiple “demonstration letters” falsely stating the Village of Addyston Police Department was interested in buying various types of machine guns, including military-grade weapons.
  • LaCourse received more than $11,500 from the gun dealers for his role in the scheme, federal prosecutors said.
  • The two gun dealers both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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  • Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana said LaCourse got more than.