BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a machine gun, which was found when he was pulled over by police last year, federal authorities announced.
Garrick Powell, 32, was found in possession of a loaded Poly80 9mm handgun with an extended magazine, as well as a second extended magazine and 63 rounds of 9mm ammunition, on April 19, 2023. The Poly80 firearm is frequently referred to as a “ghost gun” because there is no serial number on the firearm, and it had a conversion device attached to it that converted the semi-automatic weapon into an automatic Poly80, making it a machine gun, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The officers who stopped Powell were with the Eastern District Baltimore Community Intelligence Center and were surveilling the 500 block of North Patterson Park Avenue when they saw Powell displaying the characteristics of an armed person, according to his guilty plea. Powell entered a vehicle and drove away, and the officers conducted a traffic stop and searched his vehicle, leading to the recovery of the weapons and ammunition.
Powell is scheduled to be sentenced on July 16 at 10 a.m.
This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by a human editor.
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