Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes announces indictment of gun trafficker Christopher "Country" McPhaul, October 16, 2013. (credit: Juliet Papa/1010 WINS)Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes announces indictment of gun trafficker Christopher "Country" McPhaul, October 16, 2013. (credit: Juliet Papa/1010 WINS)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A gun trafficker has been indicted on more than 100 charges after making repeated illegal gun sales to an undercover NYPD detective, authorities announced Wednesday.
As 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported, Christopher “Country” McPhaul, 43, gave the so-called Iron Pipeline from the Carolinas to Brooklyn a workout.
Police said McPhaul sold 30 guns during 10 transactions over a six-month period to an undercover detective.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly displayed most of the guns purchased by an undercover detective at a press conference.
As WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported, Hynes said McPhaul communicated with buyers by text message.
Some of the illegally sold gun on display as officials announce the indictment of gun trafficker Christopher “Country” McPhaul, October 16, 2013. (credit: Juliet Papa/1010 WINS)
“From ‘Country’ McPhaul advising the undercover officer that he had multiple weapons available for immediate purchase, and he’d text in code ‘Have lots of toys for kids. I’m back. A little $2,500 will take them all,” Hynes said.
“By August, he was sending volumes of text messages and pictures, a virtual gallery of gun photos providing different angles of a .22 caliber assault rifle,” Kelly said.
“Once the NYPD ascertained that McPhaul had a serious customer, in other words a customer other than the undercover officer, he was arrested in East New York,” said Kelly.