Final defendant in Georgia gun trafficking ring sentenced to 10 years
Brooklyn’s top lawman and its chief executive each made headlines this week with major local developments on the gun control front.
On Monday, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that a Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking firearms from Georgia to Brooklyn up Interstate 95, commonly referred to as the “Iron Pipeline.”
The DA identified the defendant as Rodney Brewer, 49, of LaGrange, Georgia. He was sentenced Monday by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun to 10 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision, following his guilty plea on June 10 to one count of first-degree criminal sale of a firearm, one count of first-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of fourth-degree conspiracy.