The complaint also charges one of the men with threatening to assault and murder a federal law enforcement officer.
Dustin Eward, 44, and Greg Eward, 24, both of Live Oak, were taken into custody Monday in previously confirmed law enforcement operations that took place in Live Oak and Lake City, according to a public affairs officer for FBI Jacksonville.
Federal prosecutors said the complaint also charges Dustin Eward with threatening to assault and murder a federal law enforcement officer.“On Monday, May 9, 2022, special agents from FBI Jacksonville executed court-authorized law enforcement operations in Live Oak and Lake City, Florida. We are not aware of any additional threats related to this ongoing federal investigation.
Under federal law, it is illegal for any person to receive or possess firearm silencers that are not registered to that person in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. It is also illegal to transfer firearm silencers in violation of the National Firearms Act. The complaint alleges that during two separate transactions in 2022, an undercover federal agent purchased a total of three firearm silencers from the Ewards. The agent communicated with Dustin Eward via an email address listed on the Ewards’ company website, and surveillance video captured Greg Eward mailing one of two packages containing silencers to the undercover agent, according to prosecutors.
This case was investigated by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Live Oak Police Department, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.If convicted on all counts, Dustin Eward faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and Greg Eward faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
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