For Immediate Release

Contact:
Marti McKee, PIO, ATF
Pager: 888-416-4533
or

March 17, 2003

Resident Agent In Charge Tom Cannon
ATF Reno Office: 775-784-5251

ATF Agents Seize A Cache of Firearms

John A. Torres, Special Agent In Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), San Francisco Field Division, announced today that on Saturday, March 15, 2003, Special Agents of the ATF Reno Field Office arrested Richard "Rick" Tony Main, 32, a resident of Yerrington, NV.

Guns seized in raid

The arrest was the result of ATF Special Agents discovering 16 firearms and ammunition belonging to Main who is prohibited from possessing firearms because of a prior conviction. The firearms were seized on March 14, 2003.


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