A federal grand jury indicted two Jefferson County residents in a scheme to “straw purchase” firearms, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
Authorities said a three-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges Habonisun Mynez Chaverst, 28, of Center Point, Alabama, and Keonna Daniella Cephus, 38, of Birmingham, Alabama, with conspiracy to straw purchase firearms and submit false ATF forms 4473.
Cephus was also charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm…