WBTV is reporting that a Statesville man has been sentenced to over 12 years for selling firearms without a license and illegal gun possession, prosecutors said. According to documents, between October 2020 and February 2021, 38-year-old Antony Dewayne Daye sold more than 20 firearms illegally in and around Statesville, including rifles, handguns, “ghost guns,” and semiautomatic firearms capable of accepting a large capacity magazine, and aided and abetted in the sale of additional illegal firearms. Court records show that some of the firearms Daye sold had been reported stolen. On Nov. 19, 2021, Daye pleaded guilty to dealing with firearms without a license, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the western district of North Carolina.
