A Colombian national living illegally in Ohio, Carlos Serrano-Restrepo, admitted to possessing 170 firearms, including a .50 caliber Barrett rifle. Authorities discovered a vast arsenal at his residence, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and smoke/marine markers.
A Colombian man living illegally in Ohio agreed to plead guilty to possessing 170 firearms last week. Carlos Serrano-Restrepo was charged in early 2024 and later indicted for possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the U.S. A plea agreement was entered on January 2, 2025, in which Serrano-Restrepo, afterallowed him to have the weapons, agreed to plead guilty.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recovered 170 firearms, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and smoke/marine markers from his home on Lynnbrook Court in Orient. One of the firearms was a .50 caliber Barret rifle. He moved to Orient in 2022 from Arizona. He told the court he last entered the country without authorization in 2008 and filed an asylum application, which is pending. He also owns a business that remediates fire and flooding damage. Court documents said Serrano-Restrepo reported on the federal firearms form that he was a citizen and not an alien on a visa. Prosecutors noted he bought more than 90 weapons at least six times between March 13, 2023, and January 10, 2024. Each time, he claimed he was a citizen on the form. Investigators also found he reported to the Ohio BMV that he was a temporary resident In order to get a state driver's license so he could purchase firearms
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