April 22, 2025

Mobile Man Sentenced for Illegally Carrying Glock-Switch Machine Gun

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media

April 22, 2025

MOBILE, Ala. A Mobile man arrested for converting a handgun into an automatic weapon has been sentenced to prison.

A traffic stop in December of 2022 resulted in the arrest of Ryan Christopher Triplett, 21, of Mobil who was carrying a Glock 40-caliber handgun that has been tampered with and made to fire like a machinegun by using a “Glock-Switch”, which is a federal crime in the U.S.

During an interview with police, Triplett admitted that the pistol was his and that he knew it was illegally modified according to police.

United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Triplett to 13 months in prison and three years of supervision upon his release, according to the USAO.

Triplett was ordered to pay $100 in special assessments and forfeit his pistol and ammunition to the United States, according to the release.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mobile Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted it.