CONCORD, NH – U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Nana Kofi Baffoe, 63, of Canada, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on June 14 to two charges of making false statements related to the purchase of firearms.
His case was heard by Chief Judge Joseph Laplante.
According to documents filed in United States District Court and statements in the plea proceeding, on February 4, 2015, Baffoe purchased two Ruger .45 caliber pistols from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Hudson. In purchasing these handguns, Baffoe filled out a form where he stated that he resided at a location in Manchester, New Hampshire. A subsequent law enforcement investigation showed that this statement was false. At the time of the purchase, Baffoe was residing in Canada and never resided at the address in Manchester. Under federal law, the firearms dealer could not have lawfully sold the firearms to the defendant if he was not a resident of New Hampshire.
Baffoe was originally arrested on May 26, 2015. According to an affidavit previously filed in federal court, Baffoe entered the U.S. from Canada at a border crossing on May 18, 2015. A few days later, he met with a firearms dealer in Nashua and sought to purchase 100 handguns. However, that transaction did not take place.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Manchester Police Department, Nashua Police Department, the New Hampshire State Police, Office of Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. State Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Farley.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for September 19, 2016.
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