RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A man from Rio Rancho has pleaded guilty to federal firearms offenses. Peter Ryan Lynch, a 46-year-old, will remain in custody until his sentencing. In 2023, federal agents accused Lynch of buying silencers from overseas and accused him of having a fully constructed pipe bomb. Then, a federal grand jury indicted Lynch […]
A federal grand jury indicted Lynch on accusations that he imported and possessed silencers (sometimes called suppressors) without proper registration and authority.
A man who was found in possession of a homemade large-caliber pistol in the Meskwaki Casino in 2022 was sentenced on Feb. 22 to five years in federal prison. S