Kent man sentenced for illegally trafficking over 100 firearms

At least 54 of the guns connected to the man were recovered and linked to other crimes.

SEATTLE — A Kent man was sentenced Friday after he plead guilty to multiple firearms offenses for his purchase of more than 100 guns in a “straw purchaser” scheme, many of which were later connected to other crimes.

Dion Jamar Cooper was sentenced to three years in prison.

Cooper was arrested in April 2023 following a Seattle Police Department (SPD) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) investigation. 

The investigation began in January 2023 after an assault and attempted robbery of a woman in

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