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Man accused of stockpiling weapons faces federal charges
Posted: 02.15.2013 at 9:15 PM
Tonya Brown

Tonya has been reporting stories happening in the Pee Dee for more than 10 years.

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Lester Crowley
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Leslie Crowley, Junior, now faces federal charges in connection with several weapons found at his Darlington County home last August.

Deputies with the Darlington County Sheriff's Office got a warrant to search his home and say they found more weapons than you would find at a police department.

Officers said they got the warrant following an incident involving Crowley in Florence County.

On August 1, Florence County Sheriff's Deputies say he stalked his estranged wife outside of her apartment on Freedom Boulevard.

They say he was armed with an AR-15 rifle with a grenade attached to it.

When officers approached Crowley to question him about the weapon, they say he took off in his pickup.

A chase ensued, but deputies backed off when they felt it became too dangerous to continue chasing Crowley.

He turned himself in August 3 following a federal manhunt through South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia.

Federal documents show Crowley was charged federally in December.

The documents say he knowingly did recieve and possess firearms all of which are registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

It says Crowley had Bushmaster Model XM15-E25, .223 caliber rifle, machine gun parts from which a machine gun could be assembled and a firearm silencer.

During a state bond hearing in August, Twelfth Circuit Solicitor Ed Clements said Crowley was a dangerous person.

"This is a very, very dangerous situations . One of the most highly volatile situations I've dealt with in my years of service," said Clements.

Crowley was charged on a state level with stalking, failure to stop for a blue light and weapons violations.

Crowley's attorney Rose Mary Parham says her client looks forward to his day in court, and he like any other citizen in the United States has the constitutional right to lawfully possess firearms.

He's being held at the Florence County Detention Center.

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