PORTLAND, Maine — A former Portland police officer was sentenced in a Portland court Thursday for reportedly falsifying an application to obtain a machine gun.
Levi Thomas Robinson Jr., 69, was sentenced to two months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine said in a news release.
Robinson initially pleaded guilty on June 21, 2023, the release said.
Court records show Robinson was the owner of a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) called Robinson Arms in North Yarmouth.
"In October 2022, he provided a falsified letter that included a forged signature of a Portland Police Department official and was written on department stationery in an attempt to transfer a Kriss USA Inc. Vector Cal. .45 ACP machine gun to Robinson Arms from an FFL in Rockwell, Texas," the release stated. "An FFL who pays the special occupational tax may acquire samples of post-1986 machine guns in order to demonstrate them to governmental entities for possible purchase."
The release added that the qualifying FFL has to obtain a letter from the governmental entity that states they are interested in demonstrating the machine gun for evaluation and possible purchase.
Robinson's case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
