{"id":40727,"date":"2019-03-07T00:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T00:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/07\/before-he-was-caught-this-sailor-trafficked-firearms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:53:27","slug":"before-he-was-caught-this-sailor-trafficked-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/03\/07\/before-he-was-caught-this-sailor-trafficked-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Before he was caught, this sailor trafficked  firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An ex-sailor was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in federal prison this week after prosecutors say he trafficked at least 60 firearms while in uniform, including several guns purchased at military exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he lacked a federal firearms license, Julio Fernando Pino, 26, used his military discount to buy and resell guns from 2015 to 2017 while assigned to the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edva\/pr\/former-navy-sailor-sentenced-prison-illegally-trafficking-firearms\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia<\/a> and Navy records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pino was indicted in May 2017 and arrested the following August while his Norfolk-based ship was in Jacksonville, Florida, according to a court filing submitted by his defense attorney, Keith Kimball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pino pleaded to one count of unlawful interstate transfer of a firearm on Oct. 22 and exited the Navy as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cool.navy.mil\/usn\/enlisted\/ao.htm\" target=_blank>aviation ordnanceman<\/a> third class in December, according to court and military records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sentencing memo penned by his attorney last month indicated that Pino received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolo.com\/legal-encyclopedia\/eligibility-va-benefits-depending-type-military-discharge.html\" target=\"_blank\">a general discharge under honorable conditions<\/a> and that his wife remains a machinist\u2019s mate in Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/28\/coast-guard-officer-indicted-on-gun-and-drug-charges\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hasson-guns.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coast Guard officer indicted on gun and drug charges<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. Christopher Hasson was a self-avowed white nationalist who amassed an arsenal of guns and studied mass murder, prosecutors allege.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he was a sailor, however, Pino resold at least 23 firearms \u2014 usually handguns \u2014 for profit by by posting them on sites such as <a href=\"http:\/\/armslist.com\/\" target=_blank>armslist.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vaguntrader.com\/\" target=_blank>VAguntrader.com<\/a>, according to court records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe defendant bought and re-sold firearms so many times that, unsurprisingly, he sold some firearms to prohibited people, including a juvenile, a drug-addicted armed robber, a drug dealer trafficking in stolen firearms, and many others,\u201d prosecutors wrote in pre-sentencing documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/us.glock.com\/Products\/G23\" target=_blank>Glock 23 <\/a>pistol trafficked by Pino was \u201ctraced back to a string of armed robberies,\u201d prosecutors wrote, but police uncovered no evidence the sailor knew the firearm was connected to those felonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Glock that Pino moved was found in a home during a search by law enforcement after it had been brandished to threaten another person, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pino got around gun laws by lying on forms he filled out at military exchanges when purchasing firearms, prosecutors wrote, and also lied to law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When agents at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<\/a> warned him to knock off the sales, &#8220;he continued to sell guns without a license, even after telling them that he would stop,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe defendant committed very serious crimes, enabled some very bad people to obtain guns, and put the community at serious risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his filings, defense attorney Kimball wrote that Pino \u201ctried to be careful\u201d about his clients but now realizes he \u201cexercised extremely poor judgement by unlawfully selling firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimball added that Pino made very little money on the illicit sales, usually between $50 to $100 on each transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhatever the total \u2018profit,\u2019 Mr. Pino more than recognizes that it was far from worth it. He is now a convicted felon and lost his Navy career,&#8221; Kimball wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/12\/navy-officer-faces-court-martial-in-wifes-death-ending-a-long-legal-odyssey\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4569019.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy officer faces court-martial in wife\u2019s death, ending a long legal odyssey<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy officials refused to take jurisdiction over Lt. 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