Conroe man jailed for selling homemade machine guns

A Conroe man was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for possessing and selling homemade machine guns, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.

Michael Lee Price, 30, pleaded guilty in October, admitting he had illegally possessed machine guns and sold firearms without a license.

He will serve 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the news release.

From June to July July 2018, Price negotiated with an undercover officer to sell fully automatic M-16-style machines guns. Price sold 14 firearms to the undercover officer.

Price had bought gun parts online to construct an M-16 style rifle, and then modified them into fully automatic machine guns. The firearms are known as "ghost guns," according to the release, because they have no identifying information to trace them with.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation.