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Younstown-six defendants in Cleveland and one from Euclid have been sentenced in recent months to the US District Court for their role in a trafficking in firearms, according to a press release of the US prosecutor for the North District of Ohio.

Malachi Berry, 22, Darvell Jackson, 21, Steven Armstrong, 20, Nimar Linder, 22, Terz Wilson, 20, Maurice Hardman, 20, all from Cleveland and Brandon Kimbrough, from Euclid, were sentenced to prison. The judge of the American district of Benita Y. Pearson has presided over the case.

The investigation on the group was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosibles (ATF) with assistance from other federal, state and local partners to focus on reducing violence with crime weapons, says release.

Berry was sentenced to 89 months in prison for conspiracy to hold machine guns and conspiracy to engage in the activity of dealing with firearms without federal firearm. According to judicial documents, he was responsible for organizing sales of 13 firearms, including some that were reported and eliminated the series numbers.

Jackson was sentenced to 168 months in prison for conspiracy to hold a machine gun, conspiracy to engage in the activity of firearms without firearms and holding a firearm with a series eliminated.

According to judicial documents, he sold seven firearms, including at least one stolen firearm, some with high capacity magazines and four machinery conversion devices.

Linder was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to engage in the activity of dealing with firearms without federal firearms and to be a kind of firearm. According to judicial documents, Linder owned and sold five firearms, including multiple calibers with high capacity magazines and a pistol with an eliminated series.

Wilson was sentenced to 26 months in prison for holding a machine gun. According to the judicial documents, he sold a Pistol Glock, model 22, .40, with a machine -gun conversion device, knowing that the firearm was destined to be trafficked.

Hardman was sentenced to 33 months in prison for holding a machine gun and conspiracy to engage in the activity of dealing with firearms without federal firearms. According to the judicial documents, he sold a Gling Pistol with a fixed machine gun conversion. In a separate transaction, Hardman sold another Glock pistol.

Kimbrough was sentenced to 29 months in prison for being a kind of firearm. According to judicial documents, Kimbrough owned and sold a Taurus pistol with a big capacity magazine.

Armstrong was sentenced to 26 months in prison for holding a machine gun. According to judicial documents, he acknowledged that he can purchase “buttons”, a term used for machine -gun conversion devices and “Ghost Glocks”, a term used for private firearms. Armstrong also sold a machinery conversion device.

Helping ATF in the investigation were Cleveland Police, US Marshals service, US Drug Administration, FBI and others.