Adair Police Chief Convicted of Illegal Machine Gun Purchases and Conspiracy

Adair police chief Bradley Wendt has been convicted of 11 out of 15 federal charges, including conspiracy and lying to obtain machine guns for personal use and eventual resale, abusing his authority as police chief and owner of two Iowa gun stores. Wendt falsely told the ATF that the weapons he sought were for his police department, when in fact he wanted them for himself. He was also found guilty of conspiring with other gun store owners to acquire machine guns on false pretenses and illegally using a gun registered to the Adair Police Department for a machine gun shoot organized by his private gun store.