A man whose guns kept turning up in Jacksonville police investigations faces two years in federal prison after admitting he was a “straw buyer” in nine illegal gun purchases.
Charles David Mobley, 50, was sentenced last week on a single charge of making a false statement to a licensed gun dealer, namely that he said he would be the permanent owner of three 9mm pistols he was really reselling.
The man Mobley bought those guns for had said he was a felon who couldn’t buy firearms himself but turned out to really be an undercover federal agent, according to court records.
Before Mobley knew that, he told the agent “that he sold firearms for profit and could provide … any firearm or firearms accessories he requested, and provided prices,” according to a plea agreement Mobley signed.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating Mobley in 2021 after Jacksonville police reported recovering several guns during separate investigations that ATF records said Mobley had bought from dealers.