Tenkei
06-27-2005, 12:34 PM
Story (http://www.local10.com/news/4647290/detail.html?subid=22100404&qs=1;bp=t)
Does anybody love the children?
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Federal agents arrested a South Florida elementary school teacher Thursday on suspicion of selling assault rifles to a convicted felon.
Agents said Michael Garrison, who's a third-grade teacher at Madie Ives Elementary in North Miami Beach, sold an AK-47, a .308 caliber assault rifle and a 7.62 mm assault rifle to a known felon. Agents said he knew the weapons would be used in violent crimes.
Garrison will appear in Federal court Tuesday.
A Local 10 News crew stopped by Garrison's house, but no one answered the door.
"He seemed like he was a very nice, intelligent young man," said one neighbor. "He didn't bother nobody around here."
Officials said Garrison's prosecution was a result of the Street Terror Offender Program, or STOP, a joint federal, state effort which targets armed and violent felons who would trade in guns.
Garrison is facing six different criminal counts. If convicted, he could face significant prison time and a $250,000 fine.
Does anybody love the children?
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Federal agents arrested a South Florida elementary school teacher Thursday on suspicion of selling assault rifles to a convicted felon.
Agents said Michael Garrison, who's a third-grade teacher at Madie Ives Elementary in North Miami Beach, sold an AK-47, a .308 caliber assault rifle and a 7.62 mm assault rifle to a known felon. Agents said he knew the weapons would be used in violent crimes.
Garrison will appear in Federal court Tuesday.
A Local 10 News crew stopped by Garrison's house, but no one answered the door.
"He seemed like he was a very nice, intelligent young man," said one neighbor. "He didn't bother nobody around here."
Officials said Garrison's prosecution was a result of the Street Terror Offender Program, or STOP, a joint federal, state effort which targets armed and violent felons who would trade in guns.
Garrison is facing six different criminal counts. If convicted, he could face significant prison time and a $250,000 fine.