Ex-Gardena Officer Found Guilty for Second Time of Firearms Sales
October 8, 2021
After an earlier conviction was overturned, a former Gardena police officer was found guilty again of scheming to purchase “off-roster” firearms not available to the general public and then illegally reselling the weapons for profit, prosecutors announced today. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Edward Yasushiro Arao, 51, of Eastvale, of conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing firearms without a license and engaging in an unlicensed firearms business, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.