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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   KITCHENER — Two Cambridge men who stole more than two dozen guns and   
   sold them to a member of the Hells Angels were each sentenced to six   
   years in prison.   
      
   Both men, who have been in jail since their arrest 13 months ago, have   
   a remaining five years left in penitentiary custody.   
      
   Keith Faria, 24, and Brian Quackenbush, 40, had pleaded guilty to   
   weapons trafficking and a break-in at a Dundas Street North home.   
      
   In court Monday, Faria cried as Justice Gary Hearn sentenced him.   
   Faria’s mother, aunt, godparents, sister and others were in the   
   courtroom. Quackenbush’s teenage sons were in court.   
      
   Faria’s mother, Tracy Hallissey wept as her son was sentenced to   
   federal prison.   
      
   “He’s young. He got mixed up,” said the Kitchener woman outside of   
   court. “I should have been there for him. I walked away.”   
      
   Court heard that Faria had a spare key to the house of a former   
   girlfriend where there was a large gun collection.   
      
   Faria first stole three handguns and with the help of Quackenbush, and   
   then sold them through a middleman to Hells Angel biker Frank Strauss   
   of London for $800.   
      
   Faria and Quackenbush then returned to the home, broke in and stole 25   
   more guns, along with several cases of ammunition.   
      
   The guns were peddled for cash and drugs, including marijuana and   
   cocaine. Faria planned to sell the drugs to make money, but used all   
   of the cocaine himself.   
      
   Hearn said the actions of Faria and Quackenbush were deliberate and   
   planned by using a spare key to enter the home to steal the guns.   
      
   Hearn said Faria and Quackenbush made contact with the broker knowing   
   he was a member of a criminal organization and they gave no thought to   
   others who might be victimized by the firearms. Instead, they were   
   motivated by profit, he said.   
      
   “These guns were not going to go into a trophy room … they were to   
   perpetuate criminal activity,” he said.   
      
   Hearn said Waterloo Regional Police were able to recover all of the   
   guns except for two handguns. A police officer testified that the   
   seizure of the stolen guns was one of the largest in Ontario in the   
   last few years.   
      
   Court heard that Faria had a tumultuous upbringing. His parents split   
   up and he later lived with his father who physically abused him. At   
   age 11, he was placed in foster homes.   
      
   Hearn said Faria, father of a two-year-old daughter, struggled with   
   alcohol and drug issues and lacks self-confidence and self-esteem.   
      
   Hearn said he believed that Faria and Quackenbush were remorseful for   
   their actions.   
      
   “They are not lost causes,” he said.   
      
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