SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Jefferson City man who supervised workers at the
federal courthouse in Jefferson City has admitted selling firearms to convicted
felons.
Forty-year-old Victor Nahum Vargas pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of
knowingly selling firearms to convicted felons and one count of making false
statements.
Vargas admitted he sold five firearms to someone he knew was a convicted felon
in April 2018. He says he then sold 11 firearms to another convicted felon the
next month. To acquire 10 of those 11 guns, he said he was buying the firearms
when he was acquiring the guns for another person.
Vargas admitted that he knew both people he sold the guns to were not allowed
to have firearms because they were convicted felons.
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