Dormont Man Indicted On Machine Gun Possession Charges

DORMONT, PA — A borough man has been indicted on charges of possessing a machine gun and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

Donald Smith, 35, was indicted by a federal grand jury, acting U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh Troy Rivetti's office announced.

According to the indictment, Smith allegedly possessed a Glock semiautomatic pistol that was equipped with a machine gun conversion, which converts a semiautomatic firearm into a fully automatic firearm. Under federal law, both the machine conversion device itself as well as the firearm equipped with it are considered machine guns and are illegal.

Smith faces up to 25 years in prison, a $500,000 fine or both.