A suburban DuPage County man has been sentenced to prison for selling unserialized firearms and a machine gun conversion device to an undercover investigator. The case was prosecuted by Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office.
Jeffrey Levander, 43, of Hanover Park, Illinois, received his sentence on Tuesday from Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh. Levander was sentenced to three years in prison for the unlawful sale or delivery of an unserialized firearm; six years for the unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon; six years for the unlawful use of a weapon; three years for the unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm; and three years for the unlawful possession of a firearm without a FOID card. These sentences will run concurrently.
"My office will not stop working to hold individuals accountable for making our communities less safe by selling devices that have been used to evade regulation and inflict as much carnage as possible," Raoul said. "Partnerships with federal and state law enforcement entities are crucial as we continue our work to reduce gun violence in all its forms."
Levander agreed to sell two unserialized firearms, a machine gun conversion device, and a spring-loaded knife to an undercover investigator in three separate sales in suburban Cook and DuPage counties. A machine gun conversion device can make a semi-automatic firearm capable of fully-automatic fire.
According to Attorney General Raoul’s office, Levander sold the undercover investigator a Glock 43 model clone, a Glock 17 model clone, and a machine gun conversion device for Glock platform pistols along with the spring-loaded knife.
Attorney General Raoul has persistently advocated at both federal and state levels to strengthen regulations on 3D-printed guns and ghost guns. Although Illinois law now prohibits ghost guns, Raoul's office continues to fight in federal court to help defend rules closing existing loopholes. Additionally, his office defends cases across the state challenging Illinois' firearms regulations. Nationally, Raoul successfully filed and resolved a lawsuit resulting in the revocation of an unscrupulous arms manufacturer's federal firearm license.
Deputy Bureau Chief Andrew Whitfield and Assistant Attorney General Thomas Darman prosecuted this case for Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau.