A South Side felon has been charged in a federal complaint for peddling nearly 50 guns onto Chicago’s streets in less than two weeks.
Levaine Tanksley is accused of selling 47 guns, many of them semi-automatic pistols, to a confidential informant, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
Tanksley was convicted in Cook County in 2006 of felony drug charges, making it illegal for him to possess the weapons, the complaint said.
Tanksley allegedly met the informant at various locations around the city, including at his home in the Park Manor neighborhood and a parking lot in Chinatown.
The sales happened between April 22 and May 5 and were secretly audio and videotaped, the complaint said.
“That quantity is quite significant in hand-to-hand transactions,” said Thomas Ahern, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which made the arrest with Chicago and state police.
The guns were purchased outside Illinois, according to the complaint.
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