Fully automatic firearm trade for ATV snuffed out by Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office

A Salem, Oregon, man was met with a decoy truck and trailer in Woodland by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Crime Reduction Team (CRT) after he had offered a fully automatic firearm for an all-terrain vehicle from a Facebook Marketplace ad.

Detectives spoke with a citizen who reported a subject attempting to trade a machine gun for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on Tuesday, June 3, according to a news release by CCSO.

The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Jacob Shawn Dixon of Salem, Oregon. Dixon is a convicted felon with prior convictions for weapon offenses and also has a suspended driver’s license, CCSO stated in the release…

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