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Illinois State Troopers, Doctor Charged With Machine Gun Possession
17 January 2006
WQAD-TV News / AP
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois — Federal prosecutors in Fairview Heights have charged a Springfield doctor and at least two Illinois state troopers with illegal possession of machine guns.
A fourth person faces the same charge but has not yet been identified by authorities.
The US Attorney's office filed the charges last Wednesday. They were unsealed today.
Among those charged is 69-year-old Harold Griffiths of Spaulding. Authorities say he practices medicine in... (GunPolicy.org)