HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg couple has been charged in a straw purchase of a semi-automatic rifle at the Farm Show Complex.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Scranton indicted Michael Miller and Janis Tolan with conspiracy to make a false statement in connection to the purchase of an AK-47 at a gun show in December 2015.

The two allegedly purchased the rifle from a licensed dealer, while Tolan submitted identification for the vendor and filled out a form to name her as the purchaser. This, authorities say, was a violation of federal law seeing as she acted as a straw purchaser for Miller.

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