Federal prosecutors say a small Atlanta-area crew helped fuel a steady flow of guns up I-85 and I-95, moving at least 68 firearms out of north Georgia and into Maryland and Washington, D.C. One of those weapons, a Micro Draco pistol that is effectively a mini assault-style firearm, allegedly surfaced last May at a Maryland high school, loaded with 17 rounds.
Prosecutors say the case is a textbook example of how guns bought legally in one state can quickly end up in the middle of violent crime hundreds of miles away.
Mikellen Clements, Kemith Calvin and Laytayah Gross are charged in a multi-state federal indictment with firearms trafficking and conspiracy to commit firearms trafficking. Clements faces 42 additional counts for allegedly lying on gun-purchase forms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia…