ATF, Firearms Industry Offer Reward in Plain City Gun-Store Burglary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – are announcing a...
View ArticleDetroit Police Department Joins ATF Center for Real-Time Gun Crime Intelligence
DETROIT — The Detroit Police Department began receiving real-time intelligence on its local gun crime from ATF's National Correlation and Training Center. The center examines and correlates ballistic...
View ArticleLame Deer man admits fatal stabbing
BILLINGS—Lame Deer resident Darrell Lee Whiteman, Jr. admitted today that he fatally stabbed a person during an argument in March 2017, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.Whiteman, 29, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleEl Dorado Woman Sentenced To Over 4 Years In Federal Prison For Wire Fraud...
El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Meredith Atwell, age 39, of Huttig, Arkansas was sentenced February 13, 2019 to 54...
View ArticleFederal Indictments Target South Los Angeles Street Gang Involved in Drug...
LOS ANGELES – Authorities have arrested 11 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia-13 (F13) street gang on federal racketeering, narcotics and firearms charges. One of...
View ArticleOregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Threatening Shooting Spree...
EUGENE, Ore.—Benjamin Jaramillo Hernandez, 69, of Eugene, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and illegal possession of ammunition charge arising from a series of progressively more...
View ArticleSerial Armed Robber Sentenced To Five And A Half Years In Prison
Defendant admitted stealing from 3 banks and a gas station in a month-long robbery spree.SAN FRANCISCO – Harwood Francis McCovey was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for committing multiple armed...
View ArticleBeaver County Man Charged with Possessing Sexual Images and Videos of Children
PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Freedom, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Under Project EJECT for...
Jackson, Miss. – John Overby, 49, of Brandon, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 60 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being...
View ArticleFormer St. Martinville deputy chief sentenced to 9 years for excessive force,...
LAFAYETTE, La. – The Honorable Judge Elizabeth Foote, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, sentenced defendant Codi Dodge, 35, the former Deputy Chief of...
View ArticleIndictment: Kansas Couple Crashed Car into Cabela’s to Steal Guns
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A man and a woman from Kansas were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of crashing a car into a Cabela’s store and stealing guns, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.Kyle...
View ArticleLenore Man Indicted for Felon in Possession of a Firearm
COEUR D’ALENE – Manuel Villalobos, 42, of Lenore, Idaho, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise on one count of felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis...
View ArticleHuntington Man Sentenced for Embezzling Veteran's Benefits
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Huntington man was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment today for embezzling over $80,000 of his brother’s Veteran’s benefits, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In...
View ArticleKaty Man Sent to Prison in Fatal Shooting During Drug Deal
HOUSTON – A 34-year-old Katy man has been ordered to prison after discharging a firearm in the hallway of an apartment building while conducting a drug trafficking offense resulting in the death of the...
View ArticleMason County Woman Sentenced for Theft of Veterans Benefits
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Mason County woman was sentenced today to three months federal incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release, with the first six months of supervised release...
View ArticleHallandale Resident Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Enticing a Minor...
Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was sentenced, on February 15, 2019, to a total of 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom, after having been previously convicted by a trial...
View ArticleJudge sentences Browning man to prison for sex abuse of minor
GREAT FALLS—A Browning man who admitted providing a minor methamphetamine in exchange for sexual favors was sentenced on Feb. 14 to 51 months in prison and six years of supervised release, U.S....
View ArticleLeader of Violent West Baltimore Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Federal...
Defendant Personally Participated in Six MurdersA Baltimore, Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go...
View ArticleFederal Grand Jury Indicts Corona Lawyer Found with Illegal Guns, Silencers,...
LOS ANGELES – A California lawyer and former Rialto police officer was indicted today by a federal grand jury after he was found with a fake FBI credential, a hand grenade, silencers and...
View ArticleFeds & LMPD Continue to Lean In On Gun Prosecutions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a record-breaking number of prosecutions of violent felony offenders in possession of firearms in 2018, the United States Attorney’s office has charged a new round of cases...
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