Man who manufactured firearms used in Mob hits awaits sentence

The owner of a factory in LaSalle who was convicted last month of trafficking in prohibited semi-automatic pistols will learn on Thursday how much time he will have to serve behind bars for producing firearms that made their way into the hands of organized crime figures.
Jean-Pierre Huot, 62, was convicted by a jury on six charges that his company, Perfection Métal, sold Tec-9-type semi-automatic pistols despite claiming he was merely making paintball guns — even though they were eq