Here's why the FBI says the suspect in last week's downtown chase ran from police
John Lohden Jr. said he could purchase stolen guns as a police informant. In reality, he sold the firearms to authorities as part of a scheme, an FBI agent says.
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Another reason to be extra careful during private transactions.
The article leaves out a key piece of information. He was originally arrested on drug charges and a felon in possession of a firearm. He made a deal with the FBI to get reduced charges if he worked with them on illegal guns, letting them know where he got the firearms as a prohibited person.
He (the felon) got the guns from somewhere else illegally obviously, and tried to set this guy up from church as the person he bought them from. But in reality he (the felon) bought them and was trying to pass them off as being bought by this guy in exchange for his lesser charges. The guy from church is dumb for dropping off cash in a random vehicle then dropping off the duffel bag, and using a sketchy texting app. But all of his story was able to be corroborated from texts with the felon.