bearingarms.com Sometimes a story comes across my bow that just makes me shake my head. While I’ve heard all kinds of horror and humorous stories about people being catfished in life, in general, I always wonder how on Earth people get wrapped up with certain sting operations. Anyone really could easily fall subject to a confidence trick, but when you look at what some potential criminals fall for, it’s so sad it’s funny. Take for consideration a recent sentencing involving a man who sold a “destructive device” to an undercover law enforcement officer.
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has sentenced James John Hall (34, Zephyrhills) to two years and three months in federal prison for unlawfully making a firearm. Hall had pleaded guilty on April 3, 2023.
According to court documents, on November 1 and 2, 2022, Hall spoke by phone with a man to whom he had sold firearms in the past. During these conversations, Hall offered to sell the man a “pipe bomb” that he had built. Hall told the man that he had contemplated using the “pipe bomb” to target an individual with whom he was angry. The man who Hall was communicating with was a confidential informant (CI) with the Pasco Sherriff’s Office. The CI reached out to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office who then coordinated further with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Later in the evening on November 2, the CI and an undercover detective from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office met with Hall, where the undercover detective purchased the “pipe bomb.” When asked about future purchases, Hall indicated that he “had enough to build six more now.”
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