Illegal Transporting Of Guns Leads To 11 Years For North Brunswick Man

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A North Brunswick resident was sentenced to 11 years in prison for illegally transporting guns into New Jersey, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said Tuesday.

Barrett R. Griffin, III, 33, of North Brunswick, NJ, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, including 6.8 years of parole ineligibility, in a Superior Court hearing Sept. 9. Griffin pleaded guilty on July 18 to second-degree transporting firearms into the state for unlawful sale or transfer and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

The weapons were transported to New Jersey from Georgia, Platkin said.

Griffin was arrested earlier this year following an investigation by New Jersey State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

During an investigation, a motor vehicle stop was made on Griffin’s car on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mount Laurel on Feb. 7. Following a search of the vehicle, detectives seized five handguns, one assault rifle, and four large capacity ammunition magazines from the vehicle’s trunk, Platkin said.

“Keeping illegal weapons out of our state and off our streets is paramount to public safety,” Platkin said. “We are aggressively targeting those responsible for the proliferation of guns and gun violence in our communities, and that includes gun traffickers who illegally transport weapons into our state and put them in the hands of criminals.”

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