DOVER, Del. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a former Republican Party official and state Senate candidate in Delaware with illegally dealing in firearms.
According to court documents unsealed Thursday in Wilmington, 40-year-old Matthew Opaliski of Greenwood was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on three counts of dealing firearms without a license and two counts of unlawful transfer of firearms.
Prosecutors allege that the illegal activity took place on several occasions between November and earlier this month. Opaliski appeared in court Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance pending a Feb. 26 arraignment.
Opaliski's public defender did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Efforts to contact Opaliski himself were not immediately successful.
