Wallingford Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Gun Charge: Officials

WALLINGFORD, CT — A Wallingford man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal gun charge, according to authorities.

Rapheal Dancer, 38, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of unregistered firearms, in violation of the National Firearms Act, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham announced.

The National Firearms Act regulates “certain particularly dangerous or concealable firearms and requires, among other things, that such firearms be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record,” according to a news release.

Federal authorities executed a search warrant at Dancer’s Wallingford home on Jan. 24 and found several guns regulated under the NFA, and that were not registered to Dancer in the NFTR, according to officials.

“The firearms included a short-barrel rifle, nine silencers and three ‘Glock conversion devices,’” officials wrote in a news release. “The conversion devices are designed to convert a semiautomatic pistol into a fully automatic weapon, and qualify as ‘machine guns’ as the NFA defines the term.”

Dancer pleaded guilty to one count of possessing unregistered NFA firearms, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. He was released after posting a $100,000 bond, pending sentencing.