MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison for illegally transporting five guns and an assault rifle into New Jersey from Georgia, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.
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Barrett R. Griffin III, 33, was pulled over by New Jersey State Police on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mount Laurel on Feb. 7 and during a search of his car, detectives seized five handguns, one assault rifle and four large capacity ammunition magazines from the car's trunk.
He pleaded guilty on July 18 to second-degree transporting firearms into the state for unlawful sale or transfer and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Griffin was sentenced on Sept. 9, the office said. For almost 7 years of that more than ten-year sentence, he is not eligible to apply for parole.
"Keeping illegal weapons out of our state and off our streets is paramount to public safety," said Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin. "We are aggressively targeting those responsible for the proliferation of guns and gun violence in our communities, and that includes gun traffickers who illegally transport weapons into our state and put them in the hands of criminals."
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