SOUTH BEND, Ind.  – The United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Indiana announced 25-year-old Jonnathan Tyler Lee, of Michigan City, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer during the purchase of a firearm.

Official documents state after his initial sentence, Lee will have two years of supervised release.

Court documents in the case, state from June 2020 to July 2021, Lee purchased at least 19 guns from gun stores in the Northern District of Indiana. 

When making the firearm purchases, Lee provided false information on the ATF form 4473. 

Several firearms recovered from crime scenes in Chicago were found to have been purchased by Lee.

Documents also state some of the firearms Lee purchased were also recovered from felons, and at least one was used to shoot at a moving car.