Over a dozen charges for Lubbock man caught with switches

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LUBBOCK, Texas–Court documents have disclosed details of the events that lead to the arrest of 31-year-old Christopher Roy Prieto.

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Police arrested Prieto during a traffic stop for an expired registration, during the search of the vehicle officers found a “Switch Conversion”. A “Switch” is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a handgun, changing the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire.

At the scene Prieto admitted to having more “Switches” at his residence…

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