Bradley Eugene Wendt, 47, was found guilty in February of conspiring to make false statements and making false statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

Between July 2018 and August 2022, Chief Wendt acquired, for demonstration or purchase, approximately 90 machine guns for the Adair Police Department, which serves a town of less than 800 residents.

Bradley Eugene Wendt, former chief of police in Adair, Iowa, and owner of a firearms supply business in nearby Denison, Iowa, was found guilty by a jury of one count of conspiracy to make false ...

Bradley Wendt, chief of the three-man Adair Police Department, was found guilty on 11 of 15 federal charges after a six-day trial. The jury began deliberating shortly after noon Tuesday, ...

Adair Police Chief Bradley Wendt is charged with lying to the ATF to get 90 machine guns for his department, which has never had more than 3 officers. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Prosecutors said Wendt bought 90 machine guns he claimed were for his two-man police department in Adair.In addition to five years in federal prison, Wendt will have to serve a three-year term of ...

Bradley Wendt and a gun store owner friend sought or obtained nearly 90 machine guns, purportedly to equip the three-officer Adair police department. News Sports Opinion Business Advertise ...

Texts show Bradley Wendt as Adair police chief bragged of using his law enforcement ... FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel said in a written statement about the case that Wendt ...

A small-town Iowa police chief has been convicted of abusing his authority to buy or request demonstrations of dozens of federally regulated machine guns, a jury decided Wednesday. Bradley Wendt ...

A small Iowa town of 800 residents likely has no need for a police force armed with 90 machine guns to keep the peace. That, at least, is the view of federal prosecutors, who on Wednesday announced ...