Police Chief Accused of Moonlighting as Shady Machine Gun Dealer Has Wild Defense

Dec 17 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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Bradley Wendt knows he may be in some trouble. But he’s holding out hope that being criminally charged with lying to the feds while selling machine guns for a profit—allegations he denies—might not be the career setback it looks like.

The police chief of Adair, Iowa, a tiny town of about 800 people with three other officers on its force, Wendt was placed on leave in September after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms...

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