Repeat offender sent to prison again

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 37-year-old member of the Texas Syndicate prison gang has been ordered to federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.…

St. Paul Felon Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm

MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of a firearm as an armed career criminal, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to…

Buffalo Man Going To Prison For Selling Crack Cocaine

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Nikita Burt,…

Federal Prosecutors Aggressively Pursuing Those Who Lie in Connection With Firearm Transactions

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Western District of Oklahoma is aggressively seeking to keep firearms out of the wrong hands by pursuing those who lie in connection with gun purchases. Several recent cases…

Portland Man with 18 Prior Felony Convictions Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

PORTLAND, Ore.—On January 9, 2023, a Portland man with a criminal history spanning decades was sentenced to federal prison after he was arrested for discharging a firearm into the air outside a…

Federal judge shoots down New Jersey’s new anti-gun laws as unconstitutional

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy once claimed the Constitution is above his paygrade, but a federal judge has just ruled that the governor’s new sweeping anti-gun laws don’t pass…

Two armed carjackers on the run in Newark as police continue to track them down

NEWARK, NJ – Police in Newark are searching for two armed fugitive carjackers in the city. According to Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé two suspects are wanted in connection with…

Parts of New Jersey’s new strict gun law deemed unconstitutional in federal court

Bronson Winslow on January 9, 2023 According to a federal judge, part of New Jersey’s concealed carry gun law, which dictates where a concealed firearm may be carried, is unconstitutional. According to…

3 Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy With Catastrophic Potential

3 Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy With Catastrophic Potential Trevor Schakohl on January 9, 2023 Two Florida men were sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and a…

Scranton Man Sentenced To 210 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Javier Correa, age 41, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 3, 2023, to 210 months’ imprisonment by…

Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Luis Omar Rosa Cotto (32, Orlando), Alejandro Acevedo Luna (34, Apopka), and Juan Carlos Garcia (38, Apopka) to federal prison for…

Two teens linked to armed carjacking of motorcyclist in Gaithersburg

GAITHERSBURG, MD – Two teens have been arrested and charged after setting up a meeting with a victim trying to sell his motorcycle on social media with the intent to steal the…

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Furniture Barn employee threatened to kill co-workers with gun

NEW CASTLE, DE – An employee of Furniture Barn in New Castle has been arrested after threatening to shoot his coworkers with a gun on Saturday. According to the Delaware State Police,…

Bylas Man Sentenced to 293 Months for Second Degree Murder

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Marvin Tona, 48, of Bylas, Arizona, was sentenced on December 19, 2022, by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to 293 months in prison. Tona pleaded guilty to…

Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

MIDLAND, Texas – An Odessa man was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. In late 2021, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) received information that Jesus Arevalo,…

12-year-old who brought gun to school will face no charges due to criminal justice reform

FT. MEADE, MD – A 12-year-old student brought a handgun, with a loaded magazine and loose ammunition his backpack to school on Thursday, but Maryland’s Juvenile Justice Reform Bill (HB 0459) is…

Woodbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics to 14-Year-Old

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing a Schedule II controlled substance to a person under age twenty-one. According to court documents, in April of 2022, Latae’veion Woods,…

Fourteen Firearms to be Forfeited as Convicted Felon Admits to Federal Firearm Charge

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A California man who leaped into the Providence River in a bid to evade arrest pled guilty today in federal court in Providence to a charge of being a…

St. Louis Man Admits to Pulling Trigger in Fatal East St. Louis Bank Robbery

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Jaylan D. Quinn, 23 of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday to fatally shooting a security guard while robbing First Bank…

Nine Men Charged with Roles in Gang-Led Drug and Gun Trafficking Network

NEWARK, N.J. – Nine members of a drug and gun trafficking network led by Latin King gang members in Union and Middlesex counties have been charged with drug and weapons offenses, U.S.…

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