North Port Man Guilty Of Dealing Firearms Without A License: DOJ

Sarasota FL

10 January, 2022

2:23 PM

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NORTH PORT, FL — A 63-year-old North Port man pleaded guilty to dealing in firearms without a license, the Department of Justice said in a news release. Larry Alan Goldman faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. He also agreed to forfeit the 29 firearms that he had possessed or acquired during the commission of the offense, and to pay a fine of $25,000, the DOJ said. According to Goldman's plea agreement, between February 2020 and August 2021, undercover agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and a confidential informant purchased approximately 14 firearms from Goldman's vendor booth at a flea market in North Fort Myers. During this time period, he didn't have a Federal Firearms License authorizing him to lawfully engage in the business of dealing in firearms, the DOJ said. In September, ATF agents visited Goldman at his home in North Port and served him with a Notice of Unlicensed Firearms Dealing Violation. He agreed to stop selling firearms. Following ATF's meeting with Goldman, undercover ATF agents purchased two additional firearms from him at the flea market in September and October. On Oct. 19, ATF agents searched Goldman's residence and a truck and trailer that he used to facilitate the sale of firearms. Agents seized 29 firearms and $36,828 in cash. Authorities determined that between January 2020 and September 2021, he purchased 313 firearms, the DOJ said.