News from September 2023
Straw Purchasers Charged With Buying 100+ Guns Trafficked to Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: DALLAS - A group of straw purchasers who allegedly bought more than 100 firearms later trafficked to Mexico has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - A Massachusetts man has been sentenced in federal court in Concord for his role as a drug runner in a conspiracy to distribute internationally sourced fentanyl operating out of Lawrence, Massachusetts., U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Brendan Iber, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced that Marquez Martinez pled guilty to dealing in firearms ...
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kansas man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, to a felony offense related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Kevin T. Leshore, 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Fort Myers Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm and Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Keith Dewayne Drayton Jr., 27, of Fort Myers today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. Drayton faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison for the firearm offense and up to 20 years’ imprisonment for the drug offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Windsor Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: WINDSOR, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER LEE, 22, of Windsor, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.
Worcester Man Indicted for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
Previously Convicted Felon Caught On Snapchat Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Boston street gang “D Street" pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing multiple firearms and ammunition while a convicted felon and while he was under house arrest for a state firearm charge.
Memphis Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Carjacking
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On Sept. 1, a federal judge sentenced the second of two men involved in an armed carjacking that occurred at a Memphis apartment complex in January 2022. Wesley Richardson, 21, of Memphis was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for his role, said Kevin G. Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. District Court Judge Jon P. McCalla also ordered Richardson to serve five years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term.
District Man Sentenced to Six and One Half Years Prison Term for Assaulting Homeless Man with a Tire Iron and Assaulting Elderly Tourist on the Metro
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: Defendant Committed a String of Crimes in One Day.
Lowell Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Half a Kilogram of Meth Intended for Distribution
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to methamphetamine charges and possessing of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Justice Department Proposes New Regulation to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced it has submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking that would clarify the circumstances in which a person is “engaged in the business" of dealing in firearms and thus required to obtain a license and run background checks. The ...
Convicted Felon Arrested for Attempting To Trade Fentanyl for Four Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was arrested yesterday for allegedly distributing fentanyl to obtain four firearms while a convicted felon.
U.S. Marshals Arrest 13th Homicide Suspect Since Start of “Operation 2-1-6”
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: Euclid, OH - Yesterday afternoon, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Alphonso Jones, 29. Jones was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for aggravated murder.
New Haven Man Who Committed 5 Gunpoint Robberies of New Haven Store Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jermaine Cannon, 20, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 162 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery and firearm offenses related to his commission of five gunpoint robberies of the same New Haven business during a six-week period in 2021.
Former Massachusetts Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking in Rhode Island
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A former Pepperell, MA, man arrested during an FBI Safe Streets Task Force investigation that resulted in the seizure of more than 461 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine was sentenced today to four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Ringleader and Key Co-Defendant Sentenced to Prison for Leading Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Bisheem Jones, aka “Bosh," 37, of Philadelphia was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for leading a scheme to traffic over 140 firearms from southern West Virginia to Philadelphia. Shyheem Woodard-Smith, aka “Peanut" and “Nut," 23, of Philadelphia, was also sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his key role in the gun trafficking conspiracy.
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to a felony offense related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
New York Woman Arrested for Trafficking Meth, Heroin, and “Tranq"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - A Bronx, New York, woman has been charged in connection with trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl combined with xylazine from New York to New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.