The Blotter: The Blotter: Jan. 4, 2011

Published January 3, 2011 5:00am ET



Probation officer sentenced for exporting guns to Nigeria A Maryland state probation officer was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally exporting guns to Nigeria. Emenike Charles Nwankwoala, 50, of Laurel, bought dozens of shotguns and pistols from around the Washington area and over the Internet and shipped them in containers to the African country. Nwankwoala told undercover officers that he had been sending guns overseas for 10 years.

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