TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they want access to inventory firearms housed in storage units owned by a Topeka real estate developer who is charged with more than 100 counts of bankruptcy fraud.
The Topeka Capital Journal reports that Kent Lindemuth is accused of purchasing 103 firearms between August 2013 and December 2014, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2012 and claiming he had more than $3.5 million in debt. Prosecutors say Lindemuth made the purchases without telling his creditors or the bankruptcy trustee. He has pleaded not guilty.
Lindemuth was released from federal custody on several conditions, including that he doesn’t possess or sell any firearms, but that plan fell through when Lindemuth’s relative refused to be the custodian of the firearms.
A status hearing for Lindemuth’s case was scheduled for Monday.