News from April 2023
Multi-Convicted Violent Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Shawn Lanier Lowman, Jr. (23, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Lowman faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Marketing Firm Owner Charged with Tax Crimes and Bank Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, returned an indictment unsealed today charging a Maryland businessman with filing false income tax returns, theft of government funds, tax evasion, willful failure to file income tax returns and bank fraud.
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Carjacking and Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - MERVIN BAILEY, age 20, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today for carjacking and attempted carjacking in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2119 and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(ii) announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Aurora Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Aurora, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in Barry County, Mo.
Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 120 Months Imprisonment Following Exchange of Gunfire With SWAT and Seizure of Narcotics
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - A Utah man was sentenced today to 10 years’ imprisonment for possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, where a SWAT officer and the defendant were shot and injured in the District of Utah.
USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting April 6
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
OVC FY 2023 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant grant opened on April 6.
Boston Men Indicted for Unlawful Trafficking of Machinegun Conversion Devices
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for illegally selling a dozen machinegun conversion devices.
U.S. Attorney’s Office Unveils New Initiative for Area Youth to Identify, Report, and Prevent Hate Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced that the United States Attorney’s.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Terry Lenard Shipman (48, Jacksonville) to five years and five months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Shipman had pleaded guilty in December 2022.
Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years for Trafficking Nearly 150 Pounds of Drugs, Including Heroin, Fentanyl, and Marijuana
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Linwood Douglas Thorne, 51, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in one of the largest seizures of heroin in the District of Columbia’s history. The sentence, handed down March 31, 2023, by U.S. District ...
Tennessee Man Sentenced to Life Plus 10 Years in Prison for First-Degree Murder in the Death of His U.S. Army Soldier Wife at Fort Campbell
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Louisville, KY - A Clarksville, Tennessee man, formerly of Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to life, plus 10 years, in prison for the Oct. 14, 2018, murder of his wife and shooting of another man at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Readout of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke’s Trip to Memphis
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3 and 4 to continue the Civil Rights Division’s tour to engage with stakeholders in underserved communities and reaffirm the department’s commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
Danville, Illinois, Man Charged With Carjacking Resulting in Death and Murder
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging Kevin Marshall, 32, of Danville, Illinois, with allegedly carjacking and murdering Daniel Walter, a 28-year-old man from Williamsport, Indiana, on or about April 25, 2020. The superseding indictment also charges Marshall with ...
Nine-Time Convicted Felon Federally Indicted for Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Brady Williams (27, Ocala) with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, Williams faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison.
ATF National Response Team Joins School Fire Investigation
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Philadelphia Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives requested ATF’s National Response Team join the investigation into a school fire that occurred Tuesday afternoon at 17 East Chestnut Hill Ave. in Philadelphia.
ATF Posts Results of Federal Firearm Licensee Compliance Inspections Involving Violations of the Department of Justice’s Enhanced Regulatory Enforcement Policy
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, for the first time ever, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began publicly posting information, available on the ATF website, regarding the results of certain compliance inspections of federal firearms licensees (FFL) completed between July 2021 and December 2022.
Two Las Vegas Felons Sentenced to Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Two convicted felons and Las Vegas residents were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey for unlawful possession of firearms and for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Nicholas Eddards was sentenced to 96 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Justin Chester was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Frederick Lamont Sams (41, Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. Sams had pleaded guilty in December 2022.
Straw Purchaser of Gun That Killed Detroit Police Officer Sentenced to Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man was sentenced today to two years in prison for purchasing a Draco pistol for his friend, Ehmani Davis, who would go on to use the firearm in the killing of Detroit Police Officer Loren Courts, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Georgia Man Who Supplied Bridgeport Gang Members With Firearms Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHFAN SANDERSON, also known as “Birdy" and “Beans", 25, of Covington, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking firearms into Connecticut.