- California brothers Jacob and Darin Dowd face up to five years in prison for attempting to illegally import nearly half a million armor-piercing rounds into the U.S.
- They allegedly used a fraudulent purchase order from James Bushey, then police chief of the small Town of Linn, Wisconsin, to bypass federal import prohibitions on such ammunition.
- Prosecutors claim the Dowds offered Bushey money for police equipment in exchange for his signature on the fake order, which falsely stated the ammunition was for "law enforcement sales."
- The ATF halted the importation after an unusually large order from a small police department raised suspicions, as the Town of Linn had neither the intention nor the funds to purchase the ammunition.
- Darin Dowd has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, and Jacob Dowd has agreed to plead guilty, while former Chief Bushey has not been charged, and authorities have not commented on his potential investigation.
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