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Auto Glock.
Jan. 5, 26-year-old Javier Jesus Morales, of Port Arthur, pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm before U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone, answering allegations he created an automatic weapon from a regular handgun before selling the illegal weapon on the street to what happened to be an undercover officer.
According to information presented in court, on Oct. 27, 2020, Morales sold a Glock .9mm pistol to a federal agent acting in an undercover capacity after the agent responded to a posting on the social media forum “Snapchat” advertising for the sale. The Glock pistol was outfitted with an attached aftermarket “auto-switch.”
The auto-switch is a device used to convert a standard, legal handgun into a fully automatic machine gun, which, if not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, is illegal to possess. The firearm was not registered to Morales.
Morales was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 2, 2022. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison.