TRENTON, N.J. — Two Virginia men have been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking firearms and machine gun conversion devices, according to U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer.
Lawrence Higgs, 37, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced Sept. 16 to 150 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Tariq Haywood-Echols, 32, also of Portsmouth, was sentenced Tuesday to 121 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Higgs previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch to conspiracy to traffic firearms, engaging in unlicensed firearms dealing, unlawful possession of machine guns and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon…