ATF Phoenix: Christopher Blattner Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Firearms Laws

The ATF Phoenix Field Division webpage was recently updated.  Please see below for the latest information. Christopher Blattner Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Firearms Laws Blattner Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative; Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Thirty-Year Federal Prison Sentence ALBUQUERQUE – Christopher Blattner, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty earlier today to violating the federal firearms laws.  Under the terms of the plea agreement, Blattner will be sentenced to 30 years in federal prison to be followed by up to five years of supervised release.  The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Gorden Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). Follow ATF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ATFHQ or @ATFHQ.