(Sioux City)– A northwest Iowa man who dealt firearms without a license and traveled to multiple states to illegally deal firearms has been sentenced in U.S. District Court.
62-year-old Tony Hulstein of Sheldon was sentenced to three years probation, 150 hours of community service and a $500 special assessment. Hulstein was also required to forfeit all firearms, three gun safes and a trailer used to transport the firearms in interstate commerce.
The evidence at trial showed that Hulstein, over a period of about four and-a-half years, obtained and disposed of over 800 guns and was in possession of nearly 100 more at the time of his arrest. Court documents say Hulstein also traveled to Michigan three times and Texas once to acquire firearms in furtherance of his unlicensed dealing.
The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Sheldon Police Department and the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office.
