LEXINGTON — (TNS) A former Central Kentucky FBI agent pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges after he illegally took guns from an FBI storage office, according to court records.
Michael Van Aelstyn admitted in a plea agreement that he illegally stored guns from an FBI office in his home, and illegally gave a gun to someone else.
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In October 2019, investigators seized computers, phones, drugs, a loaded pistol and more than $43,000 in cash from the home of a Columbus man who had purchased liquid psychedelic mushrooms online.
But the local man wasn’t the main focus of the warranted search described in filings late last month in federal court in Columbus. He wasn t even named in the documents. Rather, investigators were building a larger case against a group illegally selling drugs online with the help of cryptocurrencies.
A criminal complaint and accompanying affidavit outline a complex criminal enterprise involving multiple people in multiple states and tens of thousands of dollars in online drug transactions. Six people, all from outside of Ohio, were arrested and are facing charges of attempting and conspiring to manufacture, distribute and dispense controlled substances.