Former safety director for High Point Parks and Rec Dept. pleads guilty to weapons dealing

WINSTON-SALEM — The former safety director for the High Point Parks and Recreation Department pleaded guilty April 2 to federal charges of unlawfully dealing firearms and other related offenses, according to documents from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Winston-Salem.Tiyon Jermelle Weaver of Greensboro was charged with knowingly making false statements on June 21, 2023, during the acquisition of a firearm when he purchased a 9 mm Springfield hand gun at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Greensboro, according to a Jan. 16 indictment.During the purchase, authorities alleged in the three-count indictment, Weaver deceived the licensed gun dealer by listing his address falsely as 306 Malamute Lane in Greensboro. A second count in the indictment states that Weaver broke federal law by selling firearms as an unlicensed dealer. And the third count accuses him of providing a false address to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosi...