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Case 5:23-mj-00037-STE Document 1 Filed 01/26/23 Page 2 of 28
I, David Moore, a Special Agent (SA) with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
INTRODUCTION
Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and have been so
since March, 2022. Prior to Employment with ATF, I was employed by the Oklahoma
Department of Corrections. I have been employed in law enforcement for over twelve
years. I am a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the ATF National
with Federal criminal laws. I am currently assigned to the Oklahoma City Field Office and
am charged with investigating violations of Federal Law, including violations of the Gun
Control Act of 1968, as amended in Title 18, United States Code, Sections 921 et seq. Based
on my training and experience, I know it to be unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, give,
or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person who is prohibited from
possessing them. Likewise, it is unlawful for a federally licensed firearms dealer to keep
incomplete, inaccurate, or improper records and to make false statements in the records it
is required to maintain pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 923.
laws and to execute warrants under the authority of the United States.
MUSSATTO is the owner and operator of three different LLCs, each being Federal Firearms
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Licensees (“FFLs”), holding multiple federal licenses to, among other things, sell, transfer,
import, and manufacture firearms. These FFLs share at least one address where the FFLs
conduct business. One of the FFLs is also registered to the residence of MUSSATTO.
Specifically, MUSSATTO owns and operates the following FFLs, which are all located in
b. Tony’s Custom Creations LLC d/b/a Luxury Firearms, located at 5701 East
c. Sooner State Arsenal LLC, located at 5701 East Reno Avenue, Suite E,
Midwest City, Oklahoma, and 12425 Steve Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
through the SUBJECT FFLS, has violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(m)
which prohibits any licensed dealer from making a false entry in, failing to make an
appropriate entry in, or failing to properly maintain, any record which he is required to
authorizing a search of 5701 East Reno Avenue, Suite E, Midwest City, Oklahoma,
(“SUBJECT PROPERTY 1”) and 12425 Steve Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
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properties are owned, used, or occupied by MUSSATTO and the SUBJECT FFLS, and
which locations are further described in Attachment A, for all items more particularly
described in Attachment B.
6. Since this Affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of securing a search
warrant, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation.
I have set forth only the facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause to
believe that evidence of a crime, contraband, fruits of a crime, or other items illegally
possessed, or property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime
involving the foregoing violations are presently located at the SUBJECT PROPERTIES.
7. Based upon my training and experience, I know that FFLs are businesses
engaged in the acquisition and disposition of firearms. FFLs are required to follow certain
rules, regulations, and laws in order to maintain their license from ATF to engage in the
acquisition and disposition of firearms. An FFL must keep track of each of their firearms
in an acquisition and disposition book to include the sale, acquisition, transfer, destruction,
or loss of any firearms held in possession of the FFL. Persons attempting to purchase or
obtain a firearm from an FFL must fill out an ATF Form 4473 prior to completing the
purchase of the firearm. FFLs are required by the federal Brady Law to conduct a
background check prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm to a private individual. Failure
to complete a 4473 or complete a background check of the individual acquiring the firearm
is in violation of federal law. The FFL must then contact the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS) to confirm that they are allowed to complete the sale
of the firearm. NICS will give a transaction number to the FFL which is to be noted on
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box 19.b. of the ATF Form 4473. NICS will then perform a background check to determine
if there is something that would prohibit the purchaser from possessing the firearm. NICS
then provides the FFL with three possible outcomes of the background check. If a notice
to “Proceed” is given it means that there is nothing prohibiting the individual and the sale
can go through. If a notice of “Denied” is given it means that there is a prohibiting factor
with the individual and the sale can’t be made. If a notice of “Delayed” is given it means
that NICS needs to review more documentation to determine if the sale is to proceed or be
denied. This information is then logged into box 19.c. of the ATF Form 4473. If NICS
gives a proceed order, the FFL is required to keep the ATF Form 4473 for 20 years. If
NICS gives a denial order, the FFL is required to keep the ATF Form 4473 for 5 years.
8. I have received training that some FFLs have engaged in the illegal sale of
firearms “off the books” by concealing the identity of the real purchaser of the firearm and
making it look like a lawful purchase of the firearm has taken place. This concealment
occurs in several different ways. One technique to conceal an unlawful sale of a firearm is
when an FFL makes an illegal sale of a firearm but then adds that illegally sold firearm to a
previously completed 4473, which documented an actual lawful transfer of firearms, so that
it appears the illegally sold firearm was sold lawfully in another transaction. This is an
attempt to make it look like an individual acquired multiple firearms, when in fact one or
more of the firearms were actually sold to a separate individual who is also a prohibited
person. Another technique is for the FFL to use an individual’s information that can pass a
background check. The FFL will then falsify the Form 4473 by saying that the individual
was the purchaser of the firearm, when in fact the firearm was transferred to a different,
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prohibited person. In all of these scenarios, the FFL will alter or provide false information
in an attempt to conceal the fact that it sold unlawfully sold or transferred a firearm.
Fittro responded to 5701 East Reno Avenue, Suite E, Midwest City, Oklahoma,
(SUBJECT PROPERTY 1), after a Midwest City sanitation worker found a large, but
unknown number of firearms in a dumpster. The dumpster was located near International
Firearm Corporation LLC (“IFC”), which uses and rents commercial space at SUBJECT
PROPERTY 1. MWCPD Lieutenant Isais Molina contacted ATF Special Agent (SA)
Above: Radikal Arms, model NK-1, 12-gauge shotguns found in dumpster near IFC.
10. On January 19, 2023, SA Moore confirmed, using ATF records, that IFC is
showed that MUSSATTO is the owner and responsible person for the federal firearms
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11. Prior to SA Moore’s arrival at IFC, Officer Fittro spoke on the telephone with
Stacy Hurst, an IFC employee. Ms. Hurst explained she was not presently located in
Oklahoma and neither was MUSSATTO. Ms. Hurst informed Officer Fittro that the
firearms found in the dumpster had manufacture defects and according to a letter that IFC
in the dumpster outside of it. Upon closer examination, the firearms that SA Moore could
see had a single cut through one side of the magazine-well that extended up to the ejection
port. Despite the cut on the firearms, several of the firearms were function tested with
proper cycling. Based on the proper cycling of the firearms and his training and experience,
SA Moore believed the firearms were still functional despite being partially cut. In total,
agents and officers found 236 Radikal Arms, model NK-1, 12-gauge shotguns inside the
dumpster.
13. While looking at the dumpster with ATF employees and MWCPD officers,
SA Moore observed two males exit a loading dock located adjacent to IFC. SA Moore
approached the two men, who identified themselves as Greg Powell and Mike Keenum.
Mr. Powell told SA Moore that he had previously observed the same dumpster filled with
similar looking firearms approximately two or three times before January 19, 2023. Mr.
Powell reported the first time he saw firearms in the dumpster they appeared to be cut in
half. Mr. Powell was unable to provide an exact date, but reported that he saw potentially
cut-in-half firearms in the dumpster several months prior to January 19, 2023. Mr. Powell
said the other one or two times he saw the similar looking firearms in the same dumpster
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the firearms appeared to be cut in a manner similarly to how they were cut as observed on
January 19, 2023 – that being the single cut through one side of the magazine-well that
extended up to the ejection port. Mr. Keenum echoed a similar account of observing other
firearms in the dumpster on more than one occasion with similarly looking cuts.
14. Mr. Keenum informed ATF agents he was given two, uncut and fully
functional shotguns by an employee of IFC. Mr. Keenum was unable to provide and exact
date when he received the firearms, but reported it was approximately one month prior to
January 19, 2023. Mr. Keenum described the employee who gave him the firearms as a
young white male, approximately 17 to 18 years old, 5’10” tall, and weighing
approximately 135 pounds. Mr. Keenum did not know the employees name, however, he
reported the male drove a black colored Mercedes Benz. Keenum reported seeing the
young male employee at the business on nearly a daily basis, approximately four days per
week. Mr. Keenum also said that he has seen the man outside of IFC cutting firearms
15. When asked to describe how he was provided the firearm, Mr. Keenum
reported the young white male was located outside of IFC with a saw cutting firearms.
Mr. Keenum said that he approached the man and began discussing the firearms and
expressed interest in owning one of the firearms. The man told Mr. Keenum the firearms
are defective and should not be shot. Mr. Keenum told the man that he did not intend to
shoot the guns, but rather wanted to hang the firearms on his wall. The male employee
permitted Mr. Keenum to take two uncut firearms and gave Mr. Keenum two magazines,
one for each firearm. Mr. Keenum told SA Moore it was clear between him and the
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employee that the firearms he was taking had not yet been cut by the man. Mr. Keenum
denied he was asked or required by the FFL to fill out ATF 4473 or perform a NICS
16. Mr. Keenum described the process by which the male was destroying the
firearms. The uncut firearms were brought outside from IFC in a gray colored trashcan.
The firearms were then removed from the trashcan, cut using a circular saw, then placed
into the large dumpster located near IFC—the same dumpster in which SA Moore and
other law enforcement located 236 Radikal Arms model NK-1 12-gauge shotguns.
17. On January 19, 2023, Mr. Keenum gave SA Moore the following two
24014; and
06003.
18. A background check showed that Mr. Keenum is not prohibited from
possessing a firearm.
19. On January 19, 2023, SA Moore spoke with ATF Oklahoma City Industry
Operations Investigators Group (IOI group) Area Supervisor Ralph Reynolds who stated
MUSSATTO contacted him in late summer or early fall of 2022, asking how to properly
dispose of firearms he (MUSSATTO) imported into the United States. Reynolds advised
MUSSATTO to cut the firearms in three different places, all the way through the receiver,
so that the firearms would not function or be able to be put back together. MUSSATTO
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expressed cutting the firearms was too costly and asked if he could have them crushed
instead. Reynolds advised MUSSATTO crushing the firearms was a viable option.
Reynolds further advised MUSSATTO to take before and after pictures of the firearms to
20. On January 23, 2023, Moore requested additional FFL information related
IFC. According to ATF records IFC currently possesses two FFL licenses, an importers
PROPERTY 1. MUSSATTO also has two additional LLCs with licenses located at
SUBJECT PROPERTY 1. Tony’s Custom Creations LLC d/b/a Luxury Firearms has an
importers license and Sooner State Arsenal LLC has a dealers license. Furthermore,
Sooner State Arsenal LLC has two additional licenses, a dealer’s license and a
residence of MUSSATTO. In total MUSSATTO has six different FFLs, listed under three
21. On January 23, 2023, Moore conducted a search of the Cleveland County
is the current owner of the property. Furthermore, utility records checked on January 23,
2023, linked SUBJECT PROPERTY 2 to a Tony Mussatto and have been in that name
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business engaged in the sale, transfer, or disposition of firearms, such as the SUBJECT
FFLS, to hold an additional federal firearms licenses at their place of residence for the
purpose of transferring and maintaining firearms and the related business records.
Furthermore, if an FFL maintains multiple locations, then it is common for owners and
operators of FFLS to transfer firearms and related documents between the various locations
in order to meet inventory needs and to efficiently maintain records. For the SUBJECT
FFLS, MUSSATTO is the sole proprietor for the LLCs and the accompanying six FFLs
held thereby. It is the belief of SA Moore that records related to the LLCs, specially, Sooner
State Arsenal LLC, which holds three FFLs between SUBJECT PROPERTY 1 and
SUBJECT PROPERTY 2 that firearms records regarding Sooner State Arsenal LLC will
be found at both locations. Furthermore, as a result of the common practice for FFLs held by
the same business to transfer firearms and records between locations, SA Moore believes
complete records and actual firearms held by the SUBJECT FFLS will only be able to
verified, validated and reviewed through a complete audit of all SUBJECT FFLS records.
and his six FFLs are engaged in business in the Western District of Oklahoma at SUBJECT
business records and firearms located at the SUBJECT PROPERTIES will provide
evidence to confirm Radikal Arms model NK-1 12-gauge shotgun W-24014 and Radikal
Arms model NK-1 12-gauge shotgun W-06003 were transferred without the required
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because federal regulation requires FFLs to properly dispose of or destroy the firearms, as
described to MUSSATTO by Reynolds and the firearms were found not properly disposed
I have probable cause to believe that MUSSATTO may have falsely indicated in firearms
CONCLUSION
violation is that I have probable cause to believe that MUSSATTO and the SUBJECT
FFLS failed to properly complete the required documentation of the unlawful sale or
transfer of the two previously discussed Radikal Arms shotguns or provided false
information on the ATF Form 4473s to conceal the unlawful sale of those firearms, in
MUSSATTO and the SUBJECT FFLS failed to properly complete the required
documentation or made a false statement regarding the disposition of the 236 Radikal Arms
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ATTACHMENT A
ADDRESS TO BE SEARCHED
Description
The subject property is located at 12425 Steve Drive, in the City of Oklahoma City,
County of Oklahoma County, in the State of Oklahoma. This is the residence of Raymond
Anthony MUSSATTO. It is also the address associated with MUSSATTO’s LLC and
Federal Firearm Licensee, Sooner State Arsenal LLC. The property is located on the north
side of Steve Drive. The 12425 Steve Drive premises consists of the following: A paved
driveway entrance, which starts at Steve Drive and splits into two separate driveways a
short distance north from Steve Drive. The eastern most driveway runs to the northwest
and the western most driveway runs to the west after the split. A black mailbox is located
on the east side of the driveway entrance, facing Steve Drive, with the numbers “12425”
on the side facing Steve Drive. On the eastern most driveway, there is a metal gate with
vertical bars extending across the driveway, which has two halves. There is a metal chain
wrapped around the centermost bar of each half, which is secured by a metal lock. On the
gate are two small black and white signs stating, “Beware of Dogs” and “24 Hour
Surveillance”, with face Steve Drive. Metal fencing, matching the construction of the gate,
The western most driveway is lined with wooden posts in the shape of an upside down
“L”. There is one black light fixture hanging from each post, over the driveway. A short
distance west there is a metal gate with vertical bars, matching the construction of the metal
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The rest of the premises is not visible from publicly accessible property.
the Mussatto Raymond Anthony-2017 Revokable Trust. Comparing GIS maps provided
by the Cleveland County Assessor’s Office to publicly available GPS mapping systems,
indicate numerous structures, including a two story, single family, dwelling, is located on
the property. The only available image of the front of the property was taken, according
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ATTACHMENT B
Items to be Seized
The items to be seized from 5701 E Reno Avenue, Suite E, Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110
and 12425 Steve Dr., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73165 (together the “SUBJECT
1) Any and all business and/or personal records of firearms transactions and
financial records and other records or documents reflecting firearms activity or the
disposition of firearms proceeds to include physical and electronic records, including but
not limited to Acquisition and Disposition (A&D) Books, any ATF Firearm Forms, Federal
and correspondence, including electronic mail transmissions, letters, faxes and notes,
hard drives, discs, etc. and other storage devices that can be used to save/store information
and data related to firearms transfers and transactions, to include the off-site viewing and
recognition, passcodes or any other means or methods by which items either physical or
electronic are stored, held or possessed in order to obtain data or records of firearms
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5) Conduct and audit and examine any and all firearms and records related to
the sale, transfer, purchase, movement or firearms into or out of the possession of