Ferguson Man Admits Buying 27 Crime Guns Recovered in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri
Lamondre Haynes pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Louis to purchasing 27 firearms later recovered during arrests in three states. The case highlights how straw purchasers in Missouri supply guns used in crimes across state lines.
bleedingcool.comLamondre Haynes, of Ferguson, Missouri, admitted in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri that he bought 27 firearms later recovered by law enforcement during arrests in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri, according to a June 2, 2026, Department of Justice release.
The 27 guns represent the full scope of the admitted conduct. All were recovered in connection with criminal investigations spanning the three states. The plea resolves charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri as part of its focus on illegal firearms trafficking.
Haynes previously faced indictment on federal straw-purchaser and firearms-trafficking counts. The guilty plea changes his legal status from defendant to convicted felon on those charges. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled; upon sentencing he faces statutory penalties that include up to 10 years in prison per count under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) and related provisions.
Downstream, the conviction triggers mandatory federal firearms prohibitions that bar Haynes from possessing any guns for life. The case also supplies prosecutors in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri with admissible evidence tying specific recovered firearms to a single trafficking pathway originating in the St.
Louis region. Federal agents and local police must now map additional potential straw purchasers who may have used the same routes. The plea further requires Haynes to cooperate with ongoing investigations as a condition of any plea agreement, potentially accelerating additional arrests tied to the same 27 guns.
This marks the latest federal prosecution of a Missouri resident for supplying crime guns recovered out of state. The Department of Justice has pursued similar straw-purchaser cases in the Eastern District of Missouri for more than a decade, often tracing firearms recovered in Chicago and Louisville back to buyers in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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