Veteran and Soldier Allegedly Tried to Sell Firearms for Shipment to Mexico
Tyler J Sumlin, Army Veteran. (Facebook Photo)
Tyler J. Sumlin (Army Veteran) and SFC Jason W. Jarvis, have been indicted for attempting to sell explosives and firearms. They didn’t just try to sell these weapons “right on the spot”. These were weapons drawn from an Army base, intended for sale out of state… And out of country.
Both directly, or indirectly, had access to these weapons, and managed to get these weapons into their possessions.
Then, one of the defendants drove their load of weapons to the other defendant’s residence. They consolidated what they intended to sell, cleaned them, and then loaded them into containers. From there, they drove from Florida to Texas.
They met with people they thought were going to purchase their weapons. On top of that, they knew that these individuals were going to go into Mexico with the weapons that they were about to sell.
Instead, the dealers, that they thought they were going to sell the weapons to, ended up being undercover agents that arrested them.
From the indictment:
Indictment Count Two (18 U.S.C. & 554)
On or about November 14, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, attempted to sell and facilitated the transportation of firearms and National Firearms Act firearms, namely silencers, a short barreled rifle, and a destructive device, prior to exportation, knowing them to be intended for exportation contrary to any law or regulation of the United States, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 554.
According to one of the defendants, they originally asked for $250,000. They settled for $75,000; out of that, the veteran’s take would’ve been $12,000, and the Soldier’s take would’ve been $2,000.
Both the Newsweek article, and the text of the indictment, can be found here. The case is Case 3:18-cr-03584-KC, Document 22, Filed December 12, 2018.
The video embedded with the article talks about two special forces soldiers that pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle drugs into the US.
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IDIOTS!!!!!
Threw away their lives for $12k and $2k of not so easy money….
I guess they figured if Oblowme’s people could get away with it, then they could. Dumbasses!
Use the Eric Holder defense!
The Stupid is strong with these two.
As you can imagine, this has been a burning topic in the EOD community since it has come to light. As much as I hate to say it, there may be more people involved. Sumlin made statements in a closed EOD Facebook group alluding to this. Yeah, he’s a genius.
I’m sure I don’t have to say this but being as this is such a huge embarrassment to the community, I feel I should. The shit bags involved, however many they may be, do NOT represent the EOD community. They are a black eye on the field and rightfully, have been excommunicated. If there are others involved, I am sure they will be rooted out. We want these cockroaches out of our house.
Who the blue f*** is doing the sensitive items inventory? Did they fake paperwork to say the weapons were out for maintenance?
Enjoy your time in Leavenworth, boys, in the company of Privates Bubba, Thor, Julio, and Tiny, and THEIR “privates”.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Who did they think they were, 0bama administration DOJ?
For $12k and $2k? You kidding me? Put a one in front of that and three zeroes after and I’d start to think about taking that risk.
Believe NFA violations can get you 5-15 years? Not worth it at $400/year.
Dumb and Dumber, Army version.
Enjoy prison, fools.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Throw the book at them. Max sentences seems appropriate. But, the Holder defense would seem appropriate as well. Not that it should fly, but used? Absolutely.
It’s painful reading that article.
Can you all start some sort of QA before things get posted here?
I reread the above post, and didn’t see where it would be painful reading. That’s comparable to posts I generate on Facebook. I could legitimately say that my posts, above or on Facebook, are generated in a way that a 5th Grader would be able to go through without “feeling pain”.
Perhaps you could point to the part, in the above post, that was “painful reading”. Be specific.