|Christopher Williams, Sun Journal|
Nov. 9—PORTLAND — A New Gloucester man was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison for making false statements while buying a gun from a federally licensed dealer.
Ryan Barry, 42, pleaded guilty to the felony in July after waiving his right to a grand jury indictment on the charge, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
After he has served his sentence, Barry will be on supervised release for three years.
In June and July 2022, Barry bought several guns at the direction of and with money supplied by a coconspirator, prosecutors said.
After buying each gun, he would give it to that unnamed coconspirator shortly afterward, prosecutors said. And during the purchase, Barry gave false information to the federally licensed firearm dealer he bought it from.
When he bought two Glock pistols (a .45-caliber and a 9 mm) from a Turner firearms dealer, Barry said on the purchase form that he was the actual owner of the guns and that he was not an unlawful user of, or addicted to “controlled substances when, in fact, he was addicted to and actively using crack cocaine,” according to prosecutors.
In all, Barry bought nine guns over that 24-day period, three from a Buckfield gun shop and six from two Turner gun shops, according to court records.
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