ICE arrests two convicted felons in New York including child predator and repeat deportee
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Buffalo arrested two Mexican nationals convicted of violent felonies in New York, the agency announced Monday. Aurelio Lopes-Vasquez, 44, was convicted in Brooklyn on May…
Appeals Court Rules Firearm Bans For Non-Violent Felons Are Constitutional
Appeals Court Rules Firearm Bans For Non-Violent Felons Are Constitutional Lillian Tweten on September 15, 2023 The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that federal bans on convicted felons owning firearms…
Top Biden DHS Official Previously Advocated Against Deporting Convicted Felons
Top Biden DHS Official Previously Advocated Against Deporting Convicted Felons Jennie Taer on July 10, 2023 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia has…
US Supreme Court won’t scrutinize Mississippi curb on voting by felons
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a bid by two Black Mississippians to restore their right to vote after being barred under the state’s…
San Antonio Felons Charged with Stealing Firearms During Truck Burglaries
SAN ANTONIO – A group of felons were indicted Thursday, charged with burglarizing numerous Ford pickup trucks and stealing firearms and other items. According to court documents, Alejandro Arias, 24; Andrew Riojas,…
Two Felons Guilty of Possessing Firearms
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that on November 16, 2022 a federal jury found Robert Vandori Johnson, age 40 , of Aurora, guilty of…
Jefferson Parish Felons Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTHONY PITTMAN, age 33, of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 1, 2022. His co-defendant, JOSEPH WOODS, age 31, of…
Convicted Felons Sentenced for Illegal Firearms Possession
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge this week sentenced three men for being felons in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Prison For Role In Straw Purchasing Firearms For Felons
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Antonio Godbolt, age 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was sentenced yesterday to 33 months’ imprisonment by United States District…
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest 2 Convicted Felons
DEL RIO, Texas – Del Rio Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two previously deported convicted felons over the holiday weekend. On Oct. 7, at approximately 7 p.m., agents encountered 10 subjects,…
Three Southeast Texas Felons Guilty of Firearms Offenses in Separate Incidents
BEAUMONT, Texas– Three Southeast Texas men have pleaded guilty to firearms offenses in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Michael Lawrence Geral, Jr., 35, of Orange; Joseph…
Russia’s Wagner trying to recruit over 1,500 felons for Ukraine war -U.S. official
By Idrees Ali (Reuters) -The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, is trying to recruit over 1,500 convicted felons to take part in Russia’s war in Ukraine, but many are refusing…
Three Convicted Felons Enter Guilty Pleas in Southwest Georgia Cases Involving Firearms, Heroin, Meth
ALBANY, Ga. – Three Southwest Georgia residents with lengthy criminal records entered guilty pleas in Albany federal court this week in cases that involved the illegal possession or sale of firearms. Terry…
Bristol Woman Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Purchasing Firearms for Felons
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LEAH BOUCHER, 30, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to…
In Just One Week, Border Patrol Arrested Over 100 Felons Illegally Crossing The Border
In Just One Week, Border Patrol Arrested Over 100 Felons Illegally Crossing The Border Jennie Taer on July 27, 2022 Border agents in a single border sector arrested 104 convicted felons in…
Two Convicted Felons Plead Guilty to Possessing Firearms
NORFOLK, Va. – Two Chesapeake men pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing firearms as convicted felons. According to court documents, from October 2021 through January 2022, Brian Ellis, 28, and Raymond Wyche, 30,…
Two Convicted Felons Charged with Ammunition Offenses in Connection with Everett Shooting
BOSTON – Two previously convicted felons have been charged with illegally possessing ammunition in connection with a January shooting in a residential neighborhood of Everett. Luis Rivera, 25, of Medford, and Kenneth…
Two Convicted Felons from Shreveport Sentenced to Federal Prison
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two men from Shreveport were sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for illegally possessing firearms.…
Multiple Felons Sentenced to Federal Prison After All Being Caught in a House with Five Guns
Three Waterloo men who were found in a house with five guns and another felon were sentenced on June 10, 2022, to federal prison. The fourth man is set to be sentenced…
Two Convicted Felons Arrested for Firearms Offenses
BOSTON – Two previously convicted felons have been arrested in connection with illegally selling firearms, including ghost guns, and illegally possessing ammunition. A ghost gun is a firearm that has been manufactured…
Reseda Man Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Burglarizing Self-Storage Units Then Selling Stolen Firearms to Convicted Felons
LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 115 months in federal prison for burglarizing self-storage units in Southern California, stealing dozens of firearms, and selling some…
Two Convicted Felons from Lake Charles Area Sentenced in Federal Court
LAFAYETTE, La. – Two men from the Lake Charles, Louisiana area were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court, on firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District…
Del Rio Border Patrol Agents Arrest Two Felons in One Day
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted sex offender and a convicted murderer shortly after they illegally entered the United States, March 12.…
Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Straw Purchasing Guns For Felons
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Windham, age 22, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment by United States District…
Del Rio Sector Agents Arrest Previously Deported Felons
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested one convicted sex offender and one convicted murderer shortly after they illegally entered the United States. On March…
Felons In Possession Of Firearms Are Sentenced In Federal Court
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced today a Hickory, N.C. man to 77 months in prison for a federal firearms violation, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for…
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