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Published - Friday, May 09, 2008

Indonesian man found guilty on arms charges

MADISON — Federal jurors needed about 3½ hours Tuesday to find an Indonesian man guilty of attempting to buy 100 rifle scopes to export without a license.

Jurors weren’t convinced Doli Syarief Pulungan didn’t know that the scopes were considered munitions under federal law making them unlawful to export without a license from the State Department.

During the 1½-day trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Duchemin presented evidence that Pulungan asked Steve Kaczik, an arms dealer who also is the Norwalk-Wilton police chief, to sell him 100 Leupold Mark 4 CQ-T tactical scopes.

Pulungan, 57, was in the Cashton area in September attempting to purchase rebuilt aircraft service equipment for an Indonesian airline when he contacted Kaczik about the scopes, said Christopher Kelly, Pulungan’s attorney.

Jurors found Pulungan not guilty of making false statements to the FBI, which questioned him about having passports with two different dates of birth.

Pulungan remains in custody until his July 28 sentencing.

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