New Jersey Attorney General Issued Guidance on Conceal Carry Legality

TRENTON, NJ – Conceal carry is now legal across the nation, but New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin warns residents that they still need to go through the legal permit process, which…

Purse Snatcher in Greenwich Sought After She Fled in Getaway SUV

GREENWICH, CT – Police in Greenwich are searching for a woman who attempted to steal several purses, but was thwarted by good samaritans nearby. As she fled the business on Mason Street,…

14-Year-Old Arrested for Gaithersburg Armed Carjacking

GAITHERSBURG, MD – A 14-year-old boy from Gaithersburg has been arrested for an armed carjacking that took place in April. Now, police are searching for two accomplices, a teen girl and another…

Orleans Parish Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERNEST DUNN, age 32 of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged to violating the Federal Gun Control Act. The single…

Madison Felon Sentenced to 2 Years for Illegal Gun Possession

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James McGowan, Jr., 23, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James…

Convicted Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Gun Possession in Project Safe Neighborhoods Case

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Valdosta resident and member of a criminal street gang organization was sentenced to serve more than eight years in prison for illegally possessing a gun. Deontrey Demorria Crumpton,…

Madison Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Illegal Gun Possession

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Gillaum, 33, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D.…

Convicted Felon Sentenced for Illegal Firearm Possession

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –A federal judge this week sentenced a convicted felon for three counts of illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in…

Robeson County Violent Drug Dealer Convicted in Federal Court

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal jury convicted a Red Springs man yesterday on multiple charges of cocaine and crack distribution, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, and being…

Storm Lake Man Sentenced to 8 years in Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm and Ammunition Possession

A man who illegally possessed a stolen firearm and ammunition was sentenced on June 23, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Leonard Weimer, 46, from Storm Lake, Iowa, pled guilty on…

Bakersfield Resident Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm

FRESNO, Calif. — Sabino Ramos, 46, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A.…

Pawtucket Man Sentenced in Stolen ID, Credit Card Fraud Scheme

PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket man has been sentenced to thirty months in federal prison for his participation in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to create fraudulent drivers’ licenses and credit cards…

New Jersey Attorney General Speaks Out on Legalized Conceal Carry After Landmark Supreme Court Decision

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin today vaguely conceded the state’s conceal carry justification requirement is unconstitutional, but warned residents that conceal carry without a permit is still illegal.…

New Jersey Republicans Applaud Supreme Court Ruling on Right to Conceal Carry

TRENTON, NJ – Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that justification for conceal carry permits is unconstitutional, New Jersey Republican Senator Ed Durr wants to push a bill that will…

Drunken Dodge City Fugitive Captured with Illegal Gun in Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maynor Castro, 21, of Dodge City Kansas was arrested after a drunken display in Annapolis on Wednesday. His first mistake was bringing an illegal gun into Maryland. His second…

Man Who Pulled Gun After Told to Stop Urinating on House Charged

BUFFALO, NY – A North Carolina man who got into an argument and pulled a gun on a Buffalo resident who asked him to stop peeing on his house back in April…

Worcester Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison on Multiple Charges Stemming from Cocaine Trafficking Operation

BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced today for cocaine trafficking, firearms, money laundering and fraudulent tax return charges. William Hoey, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman…

Independence Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Three Bank Robberies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing three banks within a period of about a month in Lee’s Summit, Kansas City, and Odessa. Hubert…

Illegal Possession of Firearms Leads to Time in Federal Prison for Two Men from Lake Charles Area

LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two defendants for illegally possessing firearms in the Western District of Louisiana. Brian Damar Paul, 35, of Lake…

KC Man Sentenced for Robbing Family, Business at Gunpoint

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was charged in two separate federal indictments has been sentenced in federal court for the armed robberies of a local business and…

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