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A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Zaveeyon Teasley, age 20, whose last known address was in Cleveland, Ohio, with stealing 30 firearms from a licensed firearms dealer in Akron.
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U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant, ARTHUR ALLEN, of Orleans Parish, was sentenced on February 8, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 90 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $300 mandatory special assessment fee on Counts One, Two, and Four of a four-count indictment.
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United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two defendants for illegal possession of firearms. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced both defendants yesterday.
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United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that 16 individuals, charged in 3 indictments, have all pleaded guilty to their respective roles in conspiring to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl and cocaine, in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) “Operation Titan Fall” investigation
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A Minneapolis man has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for unlawfully possessing ammunition that he used to shoot at someone and for unlawfully possessing a firearm in a separate incident roughly a year later.
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U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 21, 2022, LAURANCE WILSON, age 28, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty as charged to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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On December 2, 2022, Jamaal Parker, also known as “MoneyMaal,” 38, of Chattanooga, was sentenced to 290 months in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, Chief United States District Judge, in the United States District Court at Chattanooga.
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The Charlotte Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with multiple local and state investigators, have concluded that the cause of a major structural fire at a QVC distribution center in North Carolina is undetermined.
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U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Darnell Donya Rice, Jr. (28, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for possession and transfer of a device designed for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun and making a false written statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer during the acquisition of a firearm. Rice had pleaded guilty on August 22, 2022.
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U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Charles Edward Palmatier (74, Lake Helen) to one year and one day in federal prison for dealing in firearms without a license. Palmatier had pleaded guilty on September 7, 2022.
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Members of the National Response Team of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrived in Minneapolis over the weekend to begin working with local and state partners to investigate a fire at an apartment complex located in south Minneapolis that occurred Dec. 3.
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Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that MICHAEL LANGLEY 26, of Cheyenne, Wyoming was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, at an arraignment hearing on November 29, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Michael Shickich and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for January 17, 2023.
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Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that PATRICK CHARLES SCHUTZ, 38, of Casper, Wyoming was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms at an arraignment hearing on November 29, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Michael Shickich and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for January 23, 2023.
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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Rapid City, South Dakota, man for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
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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.
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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.
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Adam Middleton, age 40, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing ammunition as a felon.
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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.
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A Saint Paul man has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.