Straw Gun Purchasing Operation Busted By Attorney General In Pennsylvania
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Aug 15, 2023
It is against the law to buy a gun in a gun store and give it to someone that cannot have it. Doing this is called making a “straw” purchase. That is exactly what Attorney General Michele Henry said .
They allegedly bought them for for 23-year-old Fausto Emmanuel Martinez-Mosquea. Henry said that Gregg Dreghorn, 29, Carlos Rosario-Figuereo, 22, and Vaishaun Covington, 26, allegedly made the firearm purchases, with Covington also serving an intermediary role to Martinez-Mosquea.
All four men are incarcerated — Martinez-Mosquea on $2 million bail; Dreghorn and Covington on $1.5 million each; and Rosario-Figuereo on $750,000. An investigation by the Office of Attorney General tracked at least 36 firearms illegally purchased by Covington (17), Dreghorn (12), and Rosario-Figuereo (7) — with most of them bought this year. Dreghorn purchased all 12 firearms since June of this year.
All four defendants were arrested over the course of the last few days. All four are facing gun and conspiracy charges.