Columbia Man Gets 10 Years in New Jersey for Illegal Gun Transport

A Columbia man will serve 10 years in prison for his role in transporting 22 stolen weapons into New Jersey.

According to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, said Bevan Holston, 41, was carrying weapons taken from gun shops in Tennessee and North Carolina when he was arrested in March of last year. Holstan was sentenced in Newark.

NJ.com reported that Holston was one of four men involved in the attempted sale of weapons taken from stores in Bristol, Tenn. and Boone, NC to a contact in Newark.

According to the website, police were tipped off to the deal and staked out a residence in Newark. Holston was in a car parked outside the residence with two other men, one of whom was his son, Cedric Reddick, 19. Once inside the home, the perpetrators were surrounded by police. Holston and Reddick ducked out of a third-floor window and attempted to flee by jumping rooftop to rooftop. Holston missed one of the landings and fell, where he was apprehended by police. Reddick surrended shortly thereafter.