The most recent press release, "Mother, Associate of Federal Fugitive Charged with Aiding Escape from Cass County Jail," was submitted on Dec. 30, 2022.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published 128 press releases the month before, marking a one percent decrease for the current month.
The Agency investigates and prevents crimes involving the unlawful use, manufacture and possession of firearms and explosives, arson and bombings and illegal trafficking or manufacture of alcohol and tobacco products.
Gun regulations and enforcement in the US has been criticized for being lax and uncoordinated, allowing for many unregulated guns to circulate.
Press releases by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in December 2022
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Mother, Associate of Federal Fugitive Charged with Aiding Escape from Cass County Jail | 12/30/2022 |
| Colorado Springs Felon Charged With Firearm Possession | 12/30/2022 |
| Okaloosa County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses | 12/29/2022 |
| Okaloosa County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses | 12/29/2022 |
| KC Man Charged with Illegal Firearm, Trafficking Crack Cocaine | 12/29/2022 |
| Informational: Federal Court Arraignments | 12/29/2022 |
| Gas Station Shooting Leads to Federal Firearm Charges | 12/28/2022 |
| Lincoln Man Sentenced to 3 Years as a Drug User in Possession of a Firearm | 12/28/2022 |
| Rapid City Woman Sentenced for Drug Trafficking | 12/28/2022 |
| ATF Issues Open Letter to FFLs to Clarify Application of “Frame or Receiver” Final Rule on Certain Semiautomatic Pistol Frames | 12/27/2022 |
| Clinton Township Firearms Dealer Charged With Illegally Importing Glock Conversion Devices From Russia | 12/27/2022 |
| Michigan Man Indicted for Allegedly Setting Commercial Trailers Ablaze | 12/23/2022 |
| Federal Grand Jury in Maryland Charges Virginia Man for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition | 12/22/2022 |
| Tampa Area Man Pleads Guilty to Series of Convenience Store Robberies | 12/22/2022 |
| Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm | 12/22/2022 |
| Previously Convicted Killer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Trafficking of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine | 12/22/2022 |
| Bloomington Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Making False Statements To Purchase Firearm on Behalf of Serious Violent Felon | 12/22/2022 |
| Evansville Drug Dealer Sentenced to Over 9 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms Trafficking Offense | 12/22/2022 |
| Owner of Rockstar Burgers Pleads Guilty to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy | 12/22/2022 |
| Informational: Federal Court Arraignments | 12/22/2022 |
| Federal Jury Convicts Muskogee Resident of Committing Kidnapping, Carjacking, and Robbery Offenses With Use of a Firearm | 12/22/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Sentenced to 11 Years for Possession of Firearms, Possession of Controlled Substances With the Intent To Distribute, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking | 12/21/2022 |
| Many, Louisiana Man Convicted of Dog Fighting Is Sentenced to Federal Prison | 12/21/2022 |
| Madison Man Sentenced to Six Years for Illegal Gun Possession | 12/21/2022 |
| Corona Man Arrested on Federal Complaint Alleging Armed Robbery Spree Last Month That Targeted Businesses in Orange County | 12/21/2022 |
| Michigan City Man Sentenced to 444 Months in Prison | 12/21/2022 |
| South Bend Man Sentenced to 252 Months in Prison | 12/21/2022 |
| Career Offender Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses | 12/20/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegal Gun Possession | 12/20/2022 |
| Repeat Evansville Felon Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm | 12/20/2022 |
| Michigan Man Sentenced to 105 Years for Armed Drug Trafficking and Attempted Robbery | 12/20/2022 |
| Five Additional Defendants Indicted in Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy Involving 500+ Firearms Shipped From Georgia to California and Sold on the Black Market in California | 12/20/2022 |
| Sparks Man Sentenced to Prison for Unlawful Possession of Firearms | 12/20/2022 |
| Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge | 12/20/2022 |
| Schenectady Felon Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm | 12/20/2022 |
| High-Ranking Member of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drugs and Weapons Violations | 12/20/2022 |
| Coxsackie Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing AR-15 | 12/20/2022 |
| U.S. Attorney’s Office Provides Update on Federal Prosecutions and Ongoing Strategies To Combat Violent Crime in Chicago | 12/20/2022 |
| Bogalusa Resident Indicted for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm | 12/19/2022 |
| Evansville Felon Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm | 12/19/2022 |
| Six Alleged Baltimore BGF Gang Members and Associates Indicted for a Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Murder, Murder-for-Hire, Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery, and Witness Tampering | 12/19/2022 |
| EDVA Forfeits Over 164 Illegal Firearms and Prosecutes 250 Illegal Firearms Offenders in 2022 | 12/19/2022 |
| New Orleans Man Sentenced on Carjacking and Weapons Charges | 12/19/2022 |
| Jacksonville Man Charged With Possessing a Stolen Firearm | 12/19/2022 |
| Tampa Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Loaded Firearm Months After Release From Federal Prison | 12/19/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession With the Intent To Distribute Marijuana and Possession of a Firearm | 12/19/2022 |
| Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Gun and Drugs in Chicago | 12/19/2022 |
| Jacksonville Man Charged With Illegal Purchase of a Firearm | 12/19/2022 |
| Manteca Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Ammunition as a Felon | 12/19/2022 |
| Syracuse Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses | 12/19/2022 |
| Colorado Man Shares Warnings About Ghost Guns | 12/18/2022 |
| Illegal Firearm Possession Lands Convicted Felon From Norman in Federal Prison for a Decade | 12/16/2022 |
| Lino Lakes Felon Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Connection to Kidnapping, Torture Case | 12/16/2022 |
| Eleven Men Face Drug and Firearm Charges, Including for Sale of “Switches” That Turn Semi-Automatic Pistols Into Fully Automatic Machineguns | 12/15/2022 |
| Adair Chief of Police Charged With Getting Machine Guns Through False Statements to the ATF | 12/15/2022 |
| Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trafficking Cocaine and Shooting an ATF Special Response Team Member | 12/15/2022 |
| Investigation Dismantles Butte Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel | 12/15/2022 |
| Schenectady County Felon Admits Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Ammunition | 12/15/2022 |
| Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine and Gun Charges | 12/15/2022 |
| Two Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Illegal Narcotics and Firearms | 12/14/2022 |
| New Orleans Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm | 12/14/2022 |
| Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime and Arson Charges for Burning Down Islamic Center | 12/14/2022 |
| Tampa Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Shooting at Vehicle With Child Inside | 12/14/2022 |
| Armed Indianapolis Drug Dealer Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine | 12/14/2022 |
| South Bend Man Convicted by Jury of Gun Crime | 12/14/2022 |
| New Orleans Man Violates the Federal Gun Control Act | 12/14/2022 |
| A “Tango Blast” Gang Member (Texas Based Criminal Street Gang) Sentenced to Federal Prison in North Dakota | 12/13/2022 |
| Man Admits Molotov Cocktail Attack on St. Charles Restaurant | 12/13/2022 |
| Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison After Fleeing Police at 80 Miles per Hour High on PCP and Seriously Injuring Two People | 12/13/2022 |
| Alabama Man Found Guilty of Robberies and Firearm Offenses After Seven Day Trial | 12/13/2022 |
| Maryland Man Indicted in Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy | 12/13/2022 |
| Armed Bloomington Man Sentenced to 81 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm While on Supervised Release for 2013 Bank Robbery | 12/13/2022 |
| Repeat Offender Sentenced to 45 Months in Federal Prison for Felon in Possession of Firearms | 12/13/2022 |
| Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mandeville Man for Violation of the Federal Gun Control Act | 12/12/2022 |
| Paris, Tennessee Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Over 50 Grams of Actual Methamphetamine With the Intent To Distribute | 12/12/2022 |
| Bradenton Woman Pleads Guilty to Providing False Information When Purchasing Seven Firearms | 12/12/2022 |
| Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Stolen Revolver That Was Capable of Firing Shotgun Shells | 12/12/2022 |
| Syracuse Man Indicted for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine | 12/10/2022 |
| Redding Man Indicted for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm | 12/09/2022 |
| Rapid City Man Sentenced on Firearm Charge | 12/09/2022 |
| Trempealeau County Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison | 12/09/2022 |
| Rapid City Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking | 12/09/2022 |
| Rapid City Man Indicted on Firearm Charge | 12/09/2022 |
| Informational: Federal Court Arraignments | 12/09/2022 |
| Two-Armed Career Criminals Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Offenses | 12/08/2022 |
| Investigators List Cause of QVC Fire as Undetermined | 12/08/2022 |
| High-Ranking Aryan Circle Gang Leader and Member Sentenced on Racketeering-Related Violations | 12/08/2022 |
| Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Gun Possession | 12/08/2022 |
| 35-Year-Old Memphis Man Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment Arising Out of Gun and Drug Charges | 12/08/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Violating His Federal Supervised Release | 12/08/2022 |
| Watervliet Felon Sentenced for Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition | 12/08/2022 |
| Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Weapon Offenses | 12/08/2022 |
| Rochester Man Going to Prison for Planning the Robbery by Gunpoint of a Cell Phone Store | 12/07/2022 |
| Members of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges in Operation “Titan Fall” | 12/07/2022 |
| Armed Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison After Illegally Providing Stolen Handgun Used in Indianapolis Shooting | 12/07/2022 |
| Saint Paul Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm | 12/06/2022 |
| ATF, Anne Arundel County Police Department, Montgomery County Police Department Investigating Multiple Gun Store Burglaries | 12/06/2022 |
| Two Passaic County Men Appear in Court on Armed Robbery Charges | 12/06/2022 |
| Jackson Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Armed Carjacking | 12/06/2022 |
| Three Time Convicted Felon Going to Prison for Possessing a Gun | 12/06/2022 |
| ATF National Response Team Activated for Minneapolis Fire | 12/05/2022 |
| Cheyenne Man Charged With Being a Felon in Possession of an Illegal Firearm | 12/05/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Arraigned for Possession of Firearms | 12/05/2022 |
| Rapid City Man Sentenced on Firearm Charge | 12/05/2022 |
| Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to 56 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm | 12/05/2022 |
| Rapid City Man Indicted on Firearm Charge | 12/05/2022 |
| Troy Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Ammunition | 12/05/2022 |
| Tampa Convicted Felon Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearm and Ammunition | 12/05/2022 |
| Baton Rouge Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm | 12/02/2022 |
| Felon Sentenced for Possessing and Shooting Firearms | 12/02/2022 |
| Jamaal Parker Sentenced to 290 Months’ Imprisonment on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges | 12/02/2022 |
| Lake Helen Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Firearms Without a License | 12/02/2022 |
| Jacksonville Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Selling Machinegun-Conversion Device to Undercover Agent | 12/02/2022 |
| Marion County Convicted Felon Enters Plea for Illegally Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition | 12/01/2022 |
| Madison Felon Sentenced to 4 Years for Illegal Firearm Possession | 12/01/2022 |
| Chicago Man Sentenced to Nearly Eight Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Undercover Law Enforcement Officer During Gun Deal | 12/01/2022 |
| Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearms After Being Reported for Illegal Gun Sales | 12/01/2022 |
| Ten-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm | 12/01/2022 |
| Minneapolis Felon Charged With Illegal Possession of a Firearm | 12/01/2022 |
| Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Distribution | 12/01/2022 |
| Placerville Man Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charges | 12/01/2022 |
| Temporary Resident in Yosemite National Park Facing Federal Charges | 12/01/2022 |
| Las Vegas Man Sentenced to Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun and “Ghost Guns” | 12/01/2022 |
| New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Gun Control Act | 12/01/2022 |
| Sixth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracies | 12/01/2022 |
| Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to Over 25 Years in Prison for Firearm and Drug Related Offenses | 12/01/2022 |
