During a hearing today in U. S. District Court in Springfield, Trenton David Fickle, 23, Carthage, pleaded guilty to trafficking in firearms and unlawful transport of firearms.
Judge Megan Blair Benton ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set a sentencing date of November 24.
Fickle was initially indicted January 29 on four counts of illegally transporting firearms, three counts of making false statements to licensed gun dealers when buying guns and a single count of making a false statement to a licensed gun dealer while attempting to buy a gun.
The remaining six counts against Fickle were dismissed.
Originally appeared on The Turner Report
