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Bernardsville Man Found Guilty of Selling Uzi to Cops

Man accused of standoff with SWAT last month convicted of selling assault rifle, faces up to 10 years in prison.

 

A Bernardsville man who faces charges for a three-hour standoff with authorities last month could receive up to 10 years in prison after being convicted Tuesday of selling an Uzi and ammunition to an undercover detective in 2011, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said.

Samuel J. Medway, 44, was found guilty by a Somerset County jury of second-degree unlawful possession of an assault rifle, third-degree unlawful sale of an assault rifle, fourth-degree violation of the regulatory provisions related to firearms and fourth-degree forgery.

Jurors deliberated for three hours following the seven-day trial before Judge Julie M. Marino in Somerville.

Medway is due to be sentenced Sept. 21, the prosecutor's office said. He faces up to 10 years in prison with a mandatory-minimum of three years before being eligible for parole, the prosecutor's office said.

Medway's bail was revoked and he was lodged in the Somerset County Jail.

In June 2011, Medway sold an Uzi Mini Carbine semi-automatic assault rifle and 14 "large capacity ammunition magazines" with a total ammunition capacity of 409 rounds to an undercover detective for $1,500, the prosecutor's office said.

Medway was arrested shortly after the sale was made at his Anderson Hill Road home on June 28, 2011, the prosecutor's office said. Authorities searched Medway's vehicle, home and "studio-outbuilding" and found the fraudulent "bill of sale," a duplicate New Jersey Firearms Purchaser identification card that belonged to Medway and two Mossberg shotguns, the prosecutor's office said.

Medway's state firearms purchaser identification card and right to legally possess firearms had been revoked by court order in 2007, the prosecutor's office said.

Medway also is scheduled for an Aug. 6 appearance in Bernardsville Municipal Court on an obstruction of justice charge stemming from an alleged three-hour standoff with authorities, including SWAT team members, at his Anderson Hill Road home on June 7.

Authorities said there were no injuries resulting from the standoff, although there was uncertainty at the time of the incident whether Medway was armed.

Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said the incident began when officers from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office attempted to serve a failure to pay child support warrant in the amount of $93,432.01 for Medway on June 7 at about 6:45 p.m.

Residents in the immediate area were evacuated to the Bernardsville Library and nearby St. Elizabeth’s School by officers from the Bernardsville and Bernards Township police departments, the prosecutor's office said.

Medway eventually surrendered later that night at about 9:50 p.m., authorities on the scene said.

Related Topics: Bernardsville standoff, Samuel Medway, and Uzi

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Linda Sadlouskos

9:26 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dear New Follower,
I unfortunately had to take off your comment for now due to your language in the nearly last sentence. You are welcome to repost taking that word out -- thanks. I can't edit your comments for you!

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New Follower

11:54 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dear Linda,

I am sorry about that. I wrote how I felt and how the system is not fair. Some of the parts in the article are not correct. I shall be respectful if others treat are as well. Please take off Mr.M's picture and name. Thank you.

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Linda Sadlouskos

12:34 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dear New Follower, You are welcome to repost with your information, as long as you leave out that one word. We all have to abide by that rule — even me!

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12:26 am on Friday, August 17, 2012

That poor guy was railroaded because of the BS assualt weapons band. That picture is of a semi-auto Uzi, which was legal to own before the band. It can not be made fully automatic, but because of the media & law enforcement, they keep saying Uzi this & Uzi that just to scare people and inflate the seriousness. If he was selling a different semi-auto rifle, no one would care.

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