Gun sales without license

YOUNGSTOWN — A 69-year-old North Bloomfield man has been charged with continuing to sell guns after the federal government revoked his license.

David M. Toepfer, the Youngstown-based assistant U.S. Attorney, recently filed an information containing that charge against Byron G. Ishman, who authorities said sold guns at his business, known as The Sport Shop in North Bloomfield, long after his license was revoked in 2006.

Acting on a tip they received last summer, agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bought multiple guns from Ishman over a six-month period, Toepfer said. The filing of an information usually means the defendant won’t contest the charge.