ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Timothy Lawrence Carll, a 67-year-old Fairfax resident, entered a guilty plea today for unlawful possession of a machine gun.
Court records indicate that Carll had four fully automatic machine guns, including an AK-style rifle, a Thompson M1 submachine gun, a Sterling submachine gun, and a PPSh-41 submachine gun. Additionally, Carll possessed four metal tubes designed for converting weapons into machine guns, specifically for Sten submachine guns. He did not possess a valid Federal Firearms License or a Special Occupational Tax for these machine guns.
Carll’s sentencing is scheduled for April 19. The maximum penalty he faces is 10 years in prison. However, federal sentences often fall below the maximum. A federal district court judge will determine the sentence, considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The plea was announced by Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Craig Kailimai, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division. Senior U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton accepted the plea.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda St. Cyr is prosecuting the case.