“This chief (of) police gig is awesome,” Bradley Wendt wrote to an associate in 2019, according to court exhibits. “Send machine guns to my own gun store. LOL.”
At trial, prosecutors said the evidence showed Wendt purchased an M134 motor-driven Gatling gun — capable of firing 50 rounds per second and typically used on military helicopters — that he mounted to his personally owned, armored Humvee.
In his initial efforts to facilitate that sale, Wendt allegedly wrote a letter, as chief of police, to himself as the owner of BW Outfitters, claiming the Adair Police Department was considering purchasing the weapon due to its ability to lay down “suppressive fire.”
Former Iowa police chief could face prison for gun sales: 'I'm chief of police, b- - - -.' • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Facebook text messages show how a fired Iowa police chief illegally acquired machine guns for himself and his for-profit business.
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