By Feuerherd
A California lawyer was busted by ATF agents for allegedly selling a number of unlicensed guns and methamphetamine, authorities said Monday.
The suspect, Melinda Romines of Anaheim, acted as a middle man for black-market arms dealers, buying the weapons then re-selling them to customers, the ATF said in a statement.
In one of the deals, she allegedly sold a .40-caliber pistol, an AR-style rifle and a silencer to a buyer in a Los Angeles parking lot in 2018, the agency said. Both of the guns had their serial numbers scratched off, according to the statement.
In another parking lot a few months later, she allegedly sold another illegal .45-caliber pistol in a deal that made her $900.
A month later, she and an accomplice sold close to a quarter-pound of methamphetamine in two drug deals, the ATF said.
She was indicted on one count of conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, and two counts of distributing methamphetamine, authorities said.
Romines could not immediately be reached for comment early Tuesday.
