Three people have been charged in a federal case accusing them of trafficking dozens of firearms purchased in Georgia and sending them to criminals in the Washington, D.C., area, prosecutors said.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Mikellen Clements, Kemith Calvin and Laytayah Gross are charged with firearms trafficking and conspiracy to commit firearms trafficking. Clements also faces 42 counts of making false statements during firearms purchases and aiding and abetting the same, prosecutors said.
Authorities allege the group coordinated a scheme between May 2023 and August 2024 to straw purchase firearms from federally licensed gun dealers in north Georgia and transport them to the Maryland and Washington, D.C., area…