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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A Ross Township man who investigators said bought over 200 guns is now accused of trafficking after six of his firearms were recovered by law enforcement in different states with obliterated serial numbers. Forty-three-year-old Benjamin Ford is charged with six counts of illegally selling or transferring firearms after an investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s Allegheny County Gun Violence Task Force. According to the criminal complaint filed by a special agent, Ford bought 205 guns from 2013 to 2024, with most of them purchased from 2020 onward. Since then, investigators confirm six firearms that were bought by Ford have been recovered by law enforcement in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.