St. Paul Man Busted with Machine Gun in Rochester Sent to Prison
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Twin Cities man who was caught with a machine gun in Rochester is heading back to prison.
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An Olmsted County Jury convicted 32-year-old Richard Larue Taylor of illegal possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime of violence, possession of a trigger activator for a machine gun and misdemeanor fleeing police at the end of a trial in August.
He was arrested and charged in February of 2025.
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The charges against the St. Paul man say Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Apprehension Deputies were following Taylor in an attempt to apprehend him on an active warrant.
Using GPS, law enforcement tracked Taylor from St. Paul to Rochester. Deputies confirmed Taylor was a passenger in a vehicle that stopped at an unnamed northwest Rochester gas station, the complaint says.
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Authorities found and surrounded the vehicle. Taylor then allegedly fled deputies on foot and was eventually chased down and captured, the charges state.
During a subsequent search of Taylor, deputies found a loaded Glock handgun that was equipped with an extended magazine, according to the court document.
The firearm also had a semi-automatic sear switch on it, which transforms the weapon into a machine gun, the complaint says.
St. Paul Man Sentenced in Rochester Machine Gun Bust Sent Back to Prison
Court records show Taylor was convicted of second-degree assault and illegal possession of a firearm for his involvement in a gang-related shootout at a shopping center in Brooklyn Center 10 years ago.
He was given a five-year prison sentence for that conviction.
On Monday Taylor was sentenced to 105 months in prison. He’s been given credit for 606 days already spent behind bars.
