Bristol pawn shop owners face weapons charges

Bristol pawn shop owners face weapons charges.
State police have arrested two men accused of illegally selling dozens of weapons from a Bristol pawn shop. State police say the two men were involved in more than 230 illegal sales of firearms, including pistols, rifles and assault weapons. William J. Newell Jr., 36, and Thomas J. Yetke, 33, were arrested late Thursday morning by members of the State Police Firearms Trafficking Task Force, the Associated Press reports this morning. State police Lt. J. Paul Vance said the investigation focused on the Bristol Pawn and Trading Post at 475 Farmington Ave. At the beginning of the investigation, state troopers found the store"s owners were in possession of 11 banned assault weapons, including an AK-47, two Mac 10 machine pistols, an Intertec TEC-9 pistol and others, according to Vance.