Major gun trafficker arrested
On Wednesday, October 16, Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced the indictment of Christopher “Country” McPhaul, for allegedly illegally selling 30 firearms to an undercover police officer.
McPhaul, 43, reportedly sold the illegal guns to an undercover officer in Brooklyn on 10 separate occasions between April 1 and September 6 of this year. The transactions took place in the vestibule of a residential building in East New York, in broad daylight, just a block away from an elementary school, which was not in session during the incidents, according to Kelly.
The top count in McPhaul’s indictment is criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree. The indictment includes over 100 related charges. If convicted of the top charge, McPhaul faces up to 50 years behind bars.