Chicago man charged with 100 gun switches
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A suburban Chicago man was arrested on a federal firearm charge after law enforcement this week seized machine guns and more than 100 “switch” devices from his…
Kristen Oneal is a freelance reporter and stay-at-home mom with experience writing her local chamber of commerce’s monthly newsletter. She covers Philadelphia news and occasionally dabbles in human interest stories for Shore News Network.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A suburban Chicago man was arrested on a federal firearm charge after law enforcement this week seized machine guns and more than 100 “switch” devices from his…
NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the…
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI – Joseph Benjamin Posey, II, 19, of Biloxi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession…
LAREDO, TEXAS – Three Mexican men and a U.S. citizen have been sentenced for their part in a conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver a large amount of cocaine,…
WAUKENSHA, WISCONSIN – Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 1, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against…
BANGOR, MAINE – A Princeton, Maine man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced. U.S. District Judge Lance E.…
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT – U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, Hartford State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott, Acting Special Agent in Charge David Magdycz of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and East Hartford Police…
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – The United States Attorney’s Office charged Gage Pascoe with the distribution of pills containing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of his customer, announced United…
BOSTON , MASSACHUSETS – A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in illegal possession of firearms and ammunition on two separate occasions in Boston. Donell Phillips, 27,…
MARSHALL, TEXAS – A 27-year-old Marshall, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that COLIN AKPARANTA, formerly a correctional officer at the…
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Thomas Deware, 56, of Belmont, was sentenced on Monday to 72 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a…
DENVER, COLORADO – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Maximillian Zeferino Esquibel, age 32 of Pueblo, was sentenced to serve 58 months (nearly 5 years) in federal prison,…
ST. THOMAS, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Marvellous Eghaghe was arrested in Houston, Texas in connection with…
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury, sitting in Rutland, charged three men from the Hartford,…
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Kenyatta Banks, Jr., of Canal Winchester, Ohio was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states,…
KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE – On December 7, 2020, Dusty William Oliver, 41, and Richard Graham, 49, both from Blaine, were sentenced by the Honorable Judge Thomas A. Varlan, in the United…
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA –Karl Justin Dunn, III, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Dunn, age 33,…
JACKSON, TENNESSEE – Jeffery Garvin Townsend, 60, of Paris, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael…
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit today alleging that a property manager in Chicopee violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants to sexual harassment.…
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – A criminal complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh charges Desmond Fodje Bobga for his alleged involvement in a puppy fraud scheme perpetrated against American consumers. …
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Robert J. Chaires, age 40, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for twice distributing crack cocaine in 2017. The announcement…
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Arthur Taylor, age 38, was sentenced on December 2, 2020, to seven years’ imprisonment…
On Dec. 4, 2020, a Tulsa woman admitted in federal court to assaulting her intimate partner during an argument in 2016 and to using force to steal a vehicle in…
ALBANY, GEORGIA – A multi-agency press conference held today at the Law Enforcement Center in downtown Albany announced a GBI-led arrest operation in the Albany-area last month had led to the…