Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Possession Of Machine Gun
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore man pleaded guilty Friday to the illegal possession of a machine gun with a scratched-off serial number, according to the Maryland Justice Department.
A Baltimore Police officer was conducting surveillance in the 1400 block of Mosher Street in Baltimore on Oct. 21, 2016 when he saw William Perkins.
Police say the officer saw Perkins had a bulge in his clothes, about the size of a firearm. When a BPD vehicle drove by, the 36-year-old went into a city-owned, unoccupied home on Mosher Street.
As the BPD officer approached the building, police say Perkins leaned out a window and officers could see he had a pistol in his pants. Officers entered the house and Perkins went into a bedroom in the back of the house, where an officer saw Perkins reach out the window.
He was arrested and officers found a pistol hidden in the back bedroom, according to police.
On Oct. 27, 2016, Perkins called on a recorded line from jail and told someone he was talking to to return to the house and retrieve a firearm hidden outside the back window. BPD officers went to the house and retrieved a machine gun with an "obliterated" serial number from the roof area above the back bedroom window.
Perkins and the government agreed that if the court accepts the plea agreement, Perkins will be sentenced to 90 months in prison. His sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 23.
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