Man Guilty of Firearms Violations
Posted/updated on: August 5, 2010 at 5:21 pm
TYLER — A Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations. Robert Earle Toole, 29 pleaded guilty to burglary of a federal firearms licensee yesterday before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Judith Guthrie. Toole faces up to 10 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.
According to information presented in court, on March 25, 2009, Toole and another individual broke into Nix Finance in downtown Tyler by forcing their way through the door. Once inside, they smashed glass cabinets which contained weapons and stole 20 firearms. The offense is a federal crime because the store owner held a federal firearms dealers license.
