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Man Charged Under SAFE Act Violation

By: WROC-TV
Updated: March 15, 2013
A western New York man is the first person to be charged under the SAFE Act.

Police say Benjamin Wassell, 32, sold an illegal semi-automatic weapon to an undercover investigator: the Armalite AR10 Magnum. Investigators say the sale happened in February after the SAFE Act was passed. Wassell is facing a misdemeanor for the sale and he is also charged with felony criminal sale of an illegal weapon from an incident in January.

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