Crime & Safety

Hampton Man Arrested for Trafficking Guns Online

The man allegedly used a black market website to illegally move tens of thousands in semi-automatic weapons.

Matthew Crisafi, 38, of Hampton, was charged Thursday with three federal firearms trafficking offenses after he was allegedly caught by undercover police using the Internet to illegally sell guns, according to CBS Boston.

CBS Boston has reported that Crisafi, the owner of an unnamed independent trucking company, used a website called "Black Market Reloaded" to try and move more than $11,000 worth of semi-automatic handguns and rifles. Some of the firearms have been seized by law enforcement after they were intercepted in New Jersey, according to CBS Boston.


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