CAMDEN -- A Willingboro man was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in federal prison for selling at least 200 handguns to criminals in the Camden area.

Prosecutors say the 200 handguns Joshua Jackson sold to criminals were either purchased by him from unlicensed dealers or by associates in so-called "straw purchases."

Joshua Jackson previously had pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Camden to charges of dealing firearms without a license, conspiring to deal firearms without a federal license and possessing firearms as a convicted felon, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Prosecutors say Jackson, 36, obtained most of the guns in Ohio, either purchasing them himself from unlicensed sellers at gun shows or through straw purchases made by associates.

The guns were brought back to Camden either by Jackson himself, in a rental car, or by an associate, who transported the guns in duffel bags aboard Greyhound buses bound for Philadelphia and Mount Laurel, the statement says.

Prosecutors say the sale of many of the guns was brokered through Terrance Laboo, who previously pleaded guilty in the case. Laboo, who admitted he was also dealing PCP and cocaine at the time, sold the guns to other drug dealers in South Jersey, the statement says.

Jackson was sentenced to three years of supervised release in addition to the prison term, according to prosecutors.

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