(Michigan City, IN) - Another alleged gang member in Michigan City is facing gang and gun-related charges.
19-year-old Chance Roark put guns into the hands of fellow members of the Lakeland Street gang who were barred from posessing firearms due to previous crimes.
According to court documents, the investigation shows Roark was also involved in the sale of "switches", which are devices that give semi-automatic handguns the ability to fire like machine guns.
Evidence of the transactions were discovered on Facebook through private messages with buyers. In one instance, Roark offered one buyer a switch for $100, only for them to then request five switches for $250.
“During the conversations, Chance was observed either soliciting or being contacted in regards to the selling and obtaining of machine gun conversion devices from one of his associates,” authorities noted.
Police suspect two guns seized from Roark wound up in the hands of fellow gang members recorded on video, firing machine gun-converted weapons into a wooded area.
In addition,Roark was the driver of a car searched during traffic stops roughly a month apart from each other this past Spring, where a gun was found in the vehicle during each time.
Roark has been charged with Providing a Fiirearm to a Criminal and Criminal Organization Activity, both of which are Level 5 felonies.
