‘American Guns’ star Richard Wyatt guilty on conspiracy, tax charges

By Chris Eger

Richard Wyatt starred in the show American Guns alongside his wife and daughter. (Photo: Discovery Channel)
A federal jury in Denver last week found gun shop owner and former reality star of “American Guns” guilty on 10 felony counts ranging from conspiracy to tax evasion.
Richard Wyatt, 53, was found guilty Friday on two counts of conspiracy and eight tax charges at the conclusion of an 11-day trial. The deadlocked jury was unable to agree upon a verdict on three charges of dealing guns without a license.
The former star of the Discovery Channel show, which aired for 26 episodes in 2011 and 2012, Wyatt fell into a spate of legal troubles after the show was canceled.
Arrested first in 2015 for theft, authorities began investigating him for operating without a federal firearms license and failing to file taxes. This resulted in a subsequent arrest last February on 13 counts of dealing guns without a license, conspiracy, and tax-related charges after officials uncovered he sold guns at his store illegally and failed to report $1.1 million of income.
Per court documents and statements, Wyatt surrendered his federal firearms license in 2012 due to violations and, changing his store’s name on paper, continued to operate without

Source: Guns.com