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Jose Martiez Crosby, 22, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Rossonno Borders, Jr. (25, Tampa) to three years and one month in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Borders had pleaded guilty on July 27, 2022.


Adam Middleton, age 40, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing ammunition as a felon.


The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Baltimore Field Division is working with Anne Arundel County Police Department and Montgomery County Police Department investigating recent incidents of burglaries and attempted burglaries of federal firearms licensees in these counties.


A Saint Paul man has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Two Passaic County, New Jersey, men arrested in connection with three armed robberies committed in August 2022 made their initial appearances in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


A Jackson man was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for armed carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).


U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ernest Green, a/k/a Fire, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James A. Houston a/k/a Hood, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


Joshua Jude, 34, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Two Alachua County men, each with multiple prior felony convictions, were sentenced on December 6, 2022, to federal prison terms ranging from 18 to 19.5 years followed by supervised release for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.


John Ellis-Strayhorn, Jr., 32, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Two members of the Aryan Circle were sentenced this week for crimes they committed as part of their roles in the white supremacy prison gang.


Lavokeous Ivory, 29, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm and violating his federal supervised release.


Tony Jackson, 35, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, being a prohibited person in possession of ammunition and a firearm, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentencing today.


Spoofers using government phone numbers, government employees’ names, demanding payment via bitcoin ATMs


This morning, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) located and arrested Darrion Malone, 19. Malone was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for aggravated murder.


Kevin Wayne Fennell, 34, of Memphis, who was wanted by the Memphis Police Department for First Degree Murder was captured by U.S. Marshals in Missouri yesterday. Tyreece Miller, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today.


The United States Marshals Service has captured international fugitive, and child sexual predator, Brad Hatter. Hatter has been returned to the United States to face justice.


UPDATE: Joseph Henderson was arrested on December 6, 2022 thanks to a tip from the public.