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Agents have been “running around the clock” to find the stolen weapons. (Photo: ATF Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) found itself in hot water last week when an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> revealed that thousands of firearms and firearm parts had been stolen from an ATF gun-destruction facility in West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, a contract security guard at the facility has been stealing federal property since 2016, including automatic rifles, semi-automatic handguns, Glock slides, magazines, and scopes. The ATF is being cagey about how many firearms the guard stole, but his plea agreement<\/a> indicates that he nabbed at least 3,000 Glock slides, over 4,000 firearm parts, fifteen rifles, eighty handguns, and nine NFA Class III firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ATF hasn\u2019t said how many of the firearms and parts it has recovered, but the Journal Sentinel reports that the stolen firearms have been recovered across the country, in Mexico and the Caribbean, and at crime scenes. All 25 ATF field offices have been tasked with recovering the firearms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

April Langwell, the agency spokeswoman, told the Journal\nSentinel, “Most of the property has been recovered; however, the\ninvestigation is ongoing so we cannot provide additional details.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are lessons to be learned from everything,\u201d she\nwrote. \u201cNo business or organization is immune to the damage that a corrupt\ncontractor, especially a security guard, can inflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Audit Shows ATF Can\u2019t Keep Track of Ammo, 31K Rounds Missing<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ATF first learned of its security breach in February of\nthis year when the Philadelphia Police Department recovered a .40-caliber Glock\nhandgun, the slide of which was traced back to the ATF\u2019s National Firearms and\nAmmunition Destruction Branch (NFAD) in Martinsburg, WV. The ensuing\ninvestigation revealed that a 52-year-old contract security guard named Christopher\nYates had stolen the slide, and he admitted to stealing from the facility for the\npast three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to his plea agreement, Yates, who had access to\nthe entire facility, would enter before the other employees arrived and steal\nfirearms and firearm parts. It\u2019s unclear how he smuggled the weapons out of the\nfacility or why some of the firearms were falsely listed as being destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yates sold Glock slides for $30 a pop along with complete\nfirearms. The agreement lists several specific examples, including a Sig Sauer P229\nhe sold to a contract maintenance worker at NFAD for $300 and a Springfield 1911\nhe sold to the same worker for $450. That 1911 had been recovered at a criminal\ninvestigation in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Yates\u2019 biggest clients, based on the information in the agreement, was a Pennsylvania firearms dealer named Adam Schreiber. Between 2016 and 2019, Yates sold to Schreiber 15 rifles, 40-50 Sig Sauer handguns, 30 revolvers, 10-15 AR-type lower receivers, and four automatic weapons. It\u2019s unclear how many of those firearms, if any, have been recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: ATF Comes Under Fire for Treatment of Women in Workplace<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Agents recovered in Yates\u2019 apartment $1,000 in government property he stole from NFAD. Upon his arrest, they found two firearms in his truck he had stolen from the facility, including a fully automatic FN P90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SNAFU has sparked investigations by the inspector general for both the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security along with the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (chair) and Gary Peters (ranking member) released a statement Wednesday blasting the ATF for their negligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ATF is tasked with protecting our communities and the theft of a substantial amount of weapons, parts and ammunition from ATF facilities raises significant concerns,\u201d they said. \u201cOur committee is seeking a full accounting of this situation, and we hope the ATF will be as transparent as possible while we continue to pursue answers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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