KENT -- The 49-year-old owner of a Kent gun shop and his 30-year-old
stepson were arrested Friday morning on charges of illegally selling
guns and drugs out of the business.

According to the U.S. District Attorney's Office, Mark Bryant, owner
of Westside Guns and East Valley Auto Rebuild, sold a handgun to a
person he knew to be a drug user on Oct. 24.

Two days later, his stepson Andrew Gagley sold a semi-automatic rifle
to a person working with law enforcement even though he knew the man
was not allowed to buy a gun because he was in the country illegally
and was a convicted felon, according to the District Attorney's
Office.

In addition, Bryant is charged with distributing oxycontin,
hydrocodone and morphine on three occasions in September and October.
And, both Bryant and Gagley are charged with illegally distributing
Demerol.

Friday's arrests came after an eight-month investigation by multiple
law-enforcement agencies.

Bryant and Gagley are facing seven criminal charges, each of which is
punishable by up to 20 years in prison.



Scummy business, hastening the death of fellow American citizens.