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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff   
Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:53
The owner of a Woodland Mall business was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
Richard Schmidt, owner of Spindletop Sports Zone, was indicted on four counts in U.S. District Court, Toledo.
Schmidt, 47, of Toledo, was charged with possession of 20 firearms in violation as a convicted felon, in regard to his 1990 conviction for manslaughter in Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. Five of those firearms were listed in Count 1 of the indictment from a Dec. 21 arrest; the other 15 weapons were listed in Count 2 from a Dec. 28 search. Count 3 charges him with possession of body armor, also a violation stemming from his previous conviction. The final charge is trafficking and attempted trafficking in counterfeit goods in regards to merchandise found at his business at the Woodland Mall and related storage areas.
The last count notes clothing and hats with "counterfeit marks, to wit: spurious mars identical to and substantially indistinguishable from the logos and/or brand name markings of the National Football League, Nike, Reebok, and Louis Vuitton." All the marks were trademark and registered. The indictment notes the counterfeit marks "were like to cause confusion, to cause mistake, and to deceive."
The firearms including pistols, assault rifles and shotguns, and nearly 40,500 rounds of ammunition.
The FBI executed search warrants on Dec. 21 at the business, including four storage trailers in the parking lot of the mall, as well as Schmidt's Marlow Road home in Toledo.
Schmidt was arrested that day and remains in federal custody.
 

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# 2013-01-17 19:06
Good job law enforcement...
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# 2013-01-22 08:26
I feel a lot safer knowing you got those counterfeit hats off the market, we can all sleep well at night.
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# 2013-01-22 11:56
I think it is more about the 40,000 rounds of amo he had. He is a convicted felon! Good job by law officers.
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# 2013-01-22 14:39
Right, because that's the underlying reason for the investigation. Get a clue...

While you're at it read the federal indictment against this nut job.
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# 2013-01-22 18:32
I stuck up for this guy when it first broke. Seemed like a nice guy i was happy with the products i bought from him. i dont care that he shot 3 people in a road rage situation from what I read on that that could have happened to any of us, they didnt charge him with murder b/c the guys were trying to attack him they just didnt have weapons and at that time it was illegal to use deadly force. If that happened with current laws he would not have been cahrged with anything. So I can forgive that. However the illegal firearms and the nazi movement stuff is awful. they were investigating him for the counterfiet products and stumbled upon these weapons and racial propaganda. Im glad they found it all. Being invovled with neo-nzi groups means that that is the likely place he aquired these weapons and they are very dangerous people.
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# 2013-01-23 12:58
"stumbled upon...". You're so naive.
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# 2013-01-24 19:12
Your the naive one because you obviously believe the cops are these fail proof robocops thats know it all. What do you believe in the tooth fairy too? If they would have known about that weapons cache do you really think they would have walked in to serve the warrant or would they have came tatically? All they had on him were the fake NFL gear, and I am naive, do you think NCIS and CSI are real too?
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