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IA Court overturns former western IA police chief’s machine gun possession conviction

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ADAIR, Iowa — KCCI-TV reports the Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned former Adair Police Chief Bradley Wendt’s conviction for unlawfully possessing a machine gun, citing that federal law regarding the possession of machine guns by police officers is too vague. Wendt was convicted of nearly a dozen charges in 2024 after purchasing 90 machine guns and lying about it to federal authorities. Evidence at trial showed Wendt purchased the guns for th…
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KJAN broke the news in on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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