A Mercer Island man arrested with drugs and an arsenal of weapons — including illegal Glock “switches” and 3D-printed guns — was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison.
Michael Janisch pleaded guilty in January to possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
“This case demonstrates that even those from an advantaged background can be lured into the drug trade and the gun violence that goes with it,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd stated. “This defendant used social media and his suburban rental house to prepare drug shipments that he mailed to drug customers across the country. Janisch engaged in his drug trafficking while armed with an arsenal of more than thirty weapons, Glock switches (used to convert Glock-style firearms to fire automatically), and scores of high-capacity magazines, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.”
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