A federal judge has denied a Deming man's request to be released from pre-trial detention while he faces charges of allegedly selling guns and ammunition to Mexican cartel members.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Brack Wednesday cited the seriousness of the charges and the weight of the prosecution's evidence in denying a motion to allow 24-year-old Ryin Reese to be released to the Las Cruces home of his girlfriend's mother who serves on the New Mexico Parole Board.
Brack wrote the evidence shows Reese is a flight risk and that he is undoubtedly able to obtain firearms given his involvement in the gun trade.
Reese, his brother, and parents are accused of selling 34 weapons and thousands of dollars in ammunition to undercover agents and a Mexican cartel member turned informant between 2010 and July 2011.
The family operated the New Deal Gun Store south of Deming.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Brack Wednesday cited the seriousness of the charges and the weight of the prosecution's evidence in denying a motion to allow 24-year-old Ryin Reese to be released to the Las Cruces home of his girlfriend's mother who serves on the New Mexico Parole Board.
Brack wrote the evidence shows Reese is a flight risk and that he is undoubtedly able to obtain firearms given his involvement in the gun trade.
Reese, his brother, and parents are accused of selling 34 weapons and thousands of dollars in ammunition to undercover agents and a Mexican cartel member turned informant between 2010 and July 2011.
The family operated the New Deal Gun Store south of Deming.
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