Only Ten Years?
- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Chicago street gang member to 10 years behind bars for stealing more than 100 newly minted guns from a Norfolk Southern yard, saying such thefts have contributed to “an epidemic of violence” in the city.
Before sentencing, a prosecutor also described what he said was a little known but active criminal “subculture” where thieves, such as Andrew Shelton, regularly target trains in Chicago, the nation’s No. 1 rail hub.
Shelton and seven other gang members slipped with relative ease into the South Side yard on April 12, 2015, to steal the guns, which were en route from New Hampshire’s Sturm, Ruger & Co. weapons maker to Gunarama Wholesale in Spokane.
Shelton, 43, and the father of 10 children, should have known better than anyone how guns shatter lives because he lost his dad to gun violence and has been shot 12 times himself, Judge John Tharp told the hearing in Chicago. Some of Shelton’s fellow thieves had also been shot and their relatives killed.
The feds asked for 11 years. If they had gone on a "per gun" count, he'd be doing close many hundreds of years easy. That would send a message far better than ten years.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
31 Comments:
Disgusting.
The sliver of sunshine is that the feds actually make you serve the sentence, unlike the revolving doors on the state prisons.
5 years plus an additional 1 year per gun sounds reasonable to me. He can get out when he is about 120 years old.
But how will he ever be able to accept his Father Of The Year award if he's behind bars ?
This asshole Shelton needs 25 to 30 because
this was not his first job. The government needs
to send these animals to a Super Max for the
deaths and heartbreak they let loose on humanity
so they can live their perverted lifestyle and feed
their fucking 10 kids. Keep your dick in your pants
and your hands off railroad cars.
Doesn’t he get 5 years if he’s on good time at IDOC?
FYI...Union Pacific Railroad is laying off all eight police officers from Ogilvie station, so no more cops there. They’re also laying off three more street officers that are supposed to be patrolling the yards and two more quit amid the layoffs. That leaves only about eight police officers responsible for rail yards in most of Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Iowa. Many more gun thefts from Chicago rail yards to come!
An ex convict and human target range must be a real good catch for the South Side ladies. Lol
But remember...the real evil is the NRA
10 years for 10 kids can't beat that only in chicago
A year in the clink for every bastard child he participated in spawning.
How many trains with 100 cars each and they just happen to pick the one with an arsenal? Time to go up the food chain. Some RR clerk on the take? Gun dealer diverting his supply chain for some cash AND insurance money?
Been shot twelve times?
May we have a lucky thirteen please?
Noe, kees me you fool!!!!
The recent democommie outcry for more gun laws? How about actually sentencing shitheads like this to real time, and guarding rail shipments? The democommies love this shit to advance the anti-gun narrative, while their useful young idiots try to ignite a civil war.
Flipped them?
Join the Illinois state rifle association
http://www.isra.org/Participate/YourMembership/JointheISRA.aspx
Lets see, time served, good behavior and he will be out in time to meet the train next April
I doubt they had this type of theft of
firearms and munitions during WWII.
It's almost like ATF wants this to happen
kinda like the CIA dumping drugs in the
ghetto. S & R has insurance on the
shipments, so you would think at some
point they would recommend changes
in shipping procedures.
You wanna make sure the customer gets
the shipment? Make Gun-O-Rama pick
up the order at the factory. Damn sure
it will arrive back home safe and sure.
This could be a growth industry. There's
enough crazy Baby Boomers with guns
out there that would love to ride shotgun.
Think of "Convoy" only with guns.
I didn't see any reporting on the fact that the thieves knew which car to hit. There are only a few people who know the contents of every car via the "Rail Bill".it is a discription of all the cargo in each car, carried by the Engineer & given to 1st responders in cases of a derailment, fire, or other emergency. Now, I'm sure yard workers & guys moving containers would know, but this guy was tipped off. More importantly is what increased security measures should the shipper have employed on the box cars to keep them from being opened by a common street thug with simple hand tools? These incidents are not simply a matter of a crew going car to car & popping cheap locks, they were told which car to hit, where, & when. The Vista View cars only exist on Amtrack to look at the scenery, not box cars full of guns!
You know the cliche about enforcing gun laws on the books? This is why. I wonder how many deaths and maimings his guns have lead to. I would have to think dozens.
Shot 12 times !
Should have been sentenced another 10 for the taxpayer cost of repairing the Prick..
Each time one of those weapons are involved in a crime he should be charged as an accessory...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
But remember...the real evil is the NRA
10/08/2017 04:21:00 AM
Well I guess I just joined evil. Yesterday I went on the life membership payment plan. God bless America and the 2nd amendment. Oh, I almost forgot, tiny dancer you really suck.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Doesn’t he get 5 years if he’s on good time at IDOC?
10/08/2017 01:47:00 AM
Federal charges...conviction... at least 8 years.
Blago got 14 years on rethoric only. what he might do.
Another reason the courts are not the answer to crime
How do people just happen to know that a particular train car contains guns?
National Rail Association??
Apparently the Gun Manufacturers aren’t too worried about the criminal element boosting their merchandise. If they were that concerned about their product and public saftety they’d collaborate with the train car manufacturers and build a car impervious to theft. Save the He shouldn’t be stealing shit in the first place rant, not having a tag day for Mr Career Criminal, Serial Fornicator.
"" they’d collaborate with the train car manufacturers and build a car impervious to theft. ""
Yeah thats fucking genius there. Spend millions for each box car so some gang of shit bags dont break into your legal shipment. You know? Like they do with Plutonium, why didnt I think of that?
Some Fort Knox shit for a product your probably making $20 apiece for in the end just so some scumbag dont steal it. Fucking A you need to run for office. Next you'll suggest armored chastity belts for woman to prevent rape.
The fucking obummer holdovers in ATF let this kind of shit happen in order to create useful situations to promote gun control just like they did with fast and furious. I hope to hell before Trump is done he drains and prosecutes the swamp!
Another liberal asswipe Obama appointed FEDERAL Judge.
“Some Fort Knox shit for a product your probably making $20 apiece for in the end just so some scumbag dont steal it. Fucking A you need to run for office. Next you'll suggest armored chastity belts for woman to prevent rape.
10/09/2017 04:59:00 AM”
They don’t need armored Chastity belts. a swift kick to the nutsack of a limpdicked twit the likes of you should do the trick.
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