Getty Images/iStockphotoThree men convicted on charges of illegal gun sales were sentenced in federal court today.
U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier sentenced Carl Monroe, 68, to six months probation; Jack Wardlaw, 66, to one year house arrest; and Kevin Dawson, 41, to two years 10 months.
The three men, along with Monroe’s brother Richard Monroe, were arrested in connection with illegal gun sales after an ATF and IRS investigation.
Prosecutors alleged that the men placed advertisements selling guns or traveled to gun shows and sold weapons without a federal firearms license.
Police traced at least one firearm purchased by then-fugitive felon Jesse Mathews, who later killed Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin during a robbery.