Guilty Plea In Sale Of Army-Issued Silencers

DENVER (AP) - A man accused of selling Army-issued assault rifle silencers while he was with the Colorado Army National Guard has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge.

Court records show 26-year-old Matthew Colin Laflin of Northglenn pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing a firearm that wasn't properly registered. He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 18 in federal court in Denver.

According to Laflin's plea agreement, co-defendant Eric Lee of Boulder had obtained about 25 silencers while he was serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq around 2007. Court documents say Lee provided two silencers to Laflin, who sold them to an informant and an undercover agent last year.

Lee pleaded guilty in April to possessing an unregistered firearm and is due for sentencing July 17.

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