Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Burrillville resident Ronald Andruchuk confessed on Wednesday to a federal judge that he was an illegal user of illegal drugs, consisting of drug, when he acquired and had more than 200 firearms, which he made false statements when acquiring the firearms, declaring on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Dynamites (ATF) forms that he was not an illegal drug user, revealed United States Lawyer Zachary A. Cunha.
Andruchuk, a previous RI GOP Home prospect, had actually been apprehended in February 2022.
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About Case
According to the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace, throughout a regular evaluation of numerous sales reports of firearms in the fall of 2018, ATF discovered that Andruchuk, 38, acquired 169 firearms in between July 2021 and November 2021. Representatives started to examine more to guarantee that the buyer was not associated with prohibited firearms-trafficking activities. Throughout that evaluation, representatives discovered that Andruchuk had previous contact with Cranston Authorities Department, throughout which he confessed being a medical cannabis user; throughout later contact with the Cranston Authorities when he was apprehended on illegal drug offenses, Andruchuk confessed to having a drug abuse issue.
Additional examination identified that in December 2021 2 firearms, in addition to drugs, and other products were found in the drop ceiling of a restroom inside a Millbury, MA, store soon after Andruchuk left the washroom. Both firearms were traced to Andruchuk as the buyer, who did not have a license to bring a gun in Massachusetts.
ATF likewise evaluated ATF Gun Deal Records that Andruchuk submitted on November 17, 2021 and December 11, 2021 when trying to purchase firearms at 2 various weapon shops in Rhode Island and found that he had actually incorrectly declared that he was not “an illegal user of, or addicted to, cannabis or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other illegal drug.”
On February 24, 2022, Burrillville Authorities were called to Andruchuk’s house to examine reports of shots fired; this was the ninth such grievance the Department had actually gotten. As authorities got here, various gunshots might be heard– with some passing overhead of reacting officers. Andruchuk was discovered to be using a bulletproof vest and was bring 4 firearms and methamphetamine. Burrillville Authorities apprehended him on a state arrest warrant for Shooting in a Compact location at that time. At the very same time, ATF representatives performed a federal search warrant at Andruchuk’s house and took more than 200 unsecured firearms from the home, in addition to different illegal drugs.
Andruchuk on Wednesday pleaded guilty to 2 charges of making a false declaration of product truth throughout a gun purchase and belongings of a gun by an illegal user of an illegal drug. He is set up to be sentenced on April 17, 2023. The accused’s sentence will be identified by a federal district judge after factor to consider of the U.S. Sentencing Standards and other statutory elements.
According to a plea contract submitted with the court, Andruchuk will surrender all of the 219 firearms taken by ATF and Burrillville Authorities that included an AR-style privately-made gun and a drilled lower receiver with working trigger assembly, in addition to various gun publications and devices and around 25,390 (1,555.8 pounds) rounds of various boxed and loose ammo of different qualities. The surrendered firearms and ammo will be damaged.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United Sates Lawyer Ronald R. Gendron.
The matter was examined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Dynamites and the Burrillville Authorities Department.
This case belongs to Task Safe Areas (PSN), a program combining all levels of police and the neighborhoods they serve to minimize violent criminal offense and weapon violence, and to make our areas much safer for everybody. On Might 26, 2021, the Department released a violent criminal offense decrease technique enhancing PSN based upon these core concepts: promoting trust and authenticity in our neighborhoods, supporting community-based companies that assist avoid violence from taking place in the very first location, setting concentrated and tactical enforcement concerns, and determining the outcomes.