Three charged with illegal gun sales in DuPage County
A statewide grand jury has indicted three Cook County residents on charges they bought and sold guns illegally in several counties, including DuPage.
Brothers Gabriel Bucio, 28, and Michael Bucio, 37, along with Neucry Salgado, 32, all of Chicago, were each charged on Feb. 16 in DuPage County Circuit Court with multiple firearm felonies, according to a news release from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting the cases.
The cases were sealed until Monday.
Salgado, of the 1200 block of North Lockwood Avenue, is charged with two counts of the unlawful purchase of a firearm, two counts of conspiracy to commit the unlawful purchase of a firearm and one count of the unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm.
Gabriel Bucio, of the 5500 block of South Kenneth Avenue, is charged with two Class X counts of the unlawful purchase of a firearm, punishable by up to 40 years in prison. In addition, he is charged with one count of gunrunning, one count of conspiracy to commit the unlawful purchase of a firearm, eight counts of felony unlawful purchase of a firearm and one count of unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm.
Michael Bucio, of the 5500 block of South Kenneth Avenue, is charged with two Class X counts of unlawful purchase of a firearm, punishable by up to 40 years in prison. In addition, he is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit gunrunning, five counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and one count of unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm.
Salgado and Gabriel Bucio are free on pretrial release. Their next court date is April 22. A warrant has been issued for Michael Bucio’s arrest.
Raoul alleges that from June 2020 to February 2022 Gabriel Bucio unlawfully purchased or transferred ownership of more than 11 firearms in Cook, DuPage, Will and Winnebago counties.
Raoul alleges that in August 2021, Salgado and the Bucio brothers unlawfully sold a firearm to an individual in DuPage who was prohibited by state and federal law from possessing a firearm.
The case was investigated by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A statewide grand jury indicted the cases.