KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to traffic machine guns.
Sheron Lamont Manning, 21 pleaded guilty Jan. 23 to conspiracy to traffic firearms and illegally trafficking a firearm that had been converted into a machine gun.
In his plea, Manning admitted that he participated in a conspiracy with others who illegally distributed at least 22 firearms from May 2022, to April 2023.
He also admitted that he sold a Glock .45-caliber pistol that was converted into a machine gun to a confidential informant of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Nov. 18, 2022.
Manning also admitted that in four instances he illegally sold four firearms to a confidential informant who was a felon - and prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Under federal statutes, Manning is subject to a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in federal prison without parole.
His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
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