NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Georgia man on Wednesday was sentenced to 57 months in connection with a firearm scheme on Long Island, authorities said.
Dennis Wolfolk, 30, plead guilty in May to being a felon possessing firearms in relation to a larger scheme to purchase and illegally transport into New York more than two dozen handguns.
Patrick Polidore, 33, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to making false statements to acquire firearms and is awaiting sentencing.
"The so-called gun trafficking 'Iron Pipeline' from Georgia to Long Island took a detour to a federal courtroom for Wolfolk, a convicted felon, who was punished today for his continuing disregard of the law and serious criminal conduct that resulted in guns being found in the hands of juveniles, a parolee, criminals and at the scene of a murder," US Attorney Breon Peace said.
Between October and December 2020, Polidore visited numerous federally
licensed retailers in the Atlanta metropolitan area and acted as the straw purchaser for approximately 27 handguns, many of which were purchased in rapid succession on a handful of common dates.
Authorities said Polidore falsely affirmed that he was the intended recipient of the weapons when on ATF Forms 4473—federal records that document firearms, when in actuality, he had conspired with Wolfolk, who was a convicted felon and legally prohibited from possessing a firearm, to traffic the handguns to New York, where he distributed them to street-level buyers.
Officials have recovered at least 12 of the handguns Wolfolk transported to New York at crime scenes in and around Long Island. Other firearms involved in the scheme including a Taurus 9mm model G3C handgun purchased by Polidore on November 23, 2020, were similarly recovered in the hands of criminals.
