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WASHINGTON<\/strong> – \u00a0The last defendant in a Snohomish County gun trafficking ring was sentenced today to six years in prison for conspiracy to unlawfully traffic in firearms and being a felon in possession of a firearm, officials said.<\/p>\n

Curtis Van Putten<\/strong>, 44, of Marysville, Washington, pleaded guilty in February 2014 right before the start of his trial.<\/p>\n

Van Putten has prior convictions for drug possession and possession of stolen property. As a felon, he was barred from possessing the three stolen assault rifles that he sold to an undercover officer on December 11, 2012.<\/p>\n

The firearms had been stolen from a home in Oak Harbor, Washington the day before the sale, officials said.<\/p>\n

At sentencing U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said stolen assault weapons \u201cshow up in the hands of people who do very bad things.\u201d<\/p>\n

This investigation was conducted by the Snohomish Regional Gang and Drug Task Force, the Seattle Police Department\u2019s Major Crimes Task Force, and the FBI.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis defendant believed he was selling guns to the leader of a criminal gang, and expressed no concern about putting powerful firearms in the wrong hands. He has earned his six year prison term,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. \u201cOur country has experienced all too well the terrible destruction that occurs when firearms are put in the hands of the wrong people. As a result of gun violence, lives are ended, families are destroyed, and dreams are shattered.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leader of the gun trafficking ring, Heather Chancey<\/strong> a\/k\/a\/ Heather Lee Slater, 34, of Marysville, Washington, was sentenced in February 2014 to nine years in prison authorities said.<\/p>\n

According to records in the case, on multiple occasions between October 2012 and January 2013, Heather Chancey and her co-conspirators sold guns to an undercover law enforcement agent.<\/p>\n

Most of the sales occurred in the parking lot of the Tulalip Resort Casino in Marysville, Washington. Some of the sales occurred in other parking lots of businesses in Marysville or Arlington, Washington or at a Marysville residence, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The ring trafficked 49 firearms. Van Putten sold three of the firearms to the undercover officer in a transaction brokered by Chancey at an Interstate 5 rest stop near Arlington, Washington. Van Putten sold to an undercover officer a Ruger Ranch .223 caliber rifle, a DPMS Panther Arms, model AR-15, .223 caliber rifle and a DPMS Panther Arms, model LR-308, .308 caliber rifle for $1050, officials claim.<\/p>\n

In addition to Chancey, conspirators James Michaels<\/strong> was sentenced to 10 months in prison and Mark Jenkins was sentenced to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to unlawfully sell firearms, officials said.<\/p>\n

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