Yunis Isaac Mejia, 28, had pleaded guilty on Jan. 28.
According to evidence admitted during the sentencing hearing, Mejia illegally modified a CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 pistol, with a barrel less than 16 inches long, with an aftermarket shoulder stock. With this modification, Mejia illegally converted the pistol into a short-barreled rifle. Under the federal National Firearms Act, short-barreled rifles are required to be registered. Mejia then offered to sell his illegally modified firearm to an confidential source working at the direction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mejia also provided direction and instruction to the confidential source on how the confidential source could purchase the same model of pistol and modify it himself.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.
Information provided by the Department of Justice and the Middle District of Florida.
