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ATF National Response Team To Investigate Buffington Farms Fire
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived on-scene Wednesday to join agents from the Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and Fairview Heights ATF Offices in investigating a large fire that destroyed parts of Buffington Farms in Williamsville, Missouri.
South Carolina Man Who Orchestrated Drug Deals By Phone From Prison Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Zachariah Ryan Luke (28, Bennettsville, South Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Luke faces minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Final Defendant in Red Lake Arson Case Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Red Lake woman has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her role in an arson conspiracy on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Dade City Man Arrested for Unlicensed Possession of a Machine Gun
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Stewart Walter Bachmann, 55, of Dade City with one count of unlicensed possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). If convicted, Bachmann faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
14 Minneapolis Gang Members Charged With Possession of Machine Guns, Fentanyl Trafficking, and Firearms Violations
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Fourteen members of Minneapolis-based street gangs have been charged in federal court for various crimes including illegal possession of firearms, possession of machine guns, and fentanyl trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Arsonist Pleads Guilty to Fire Bombing Donut Hole
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa man who firebombed a popular donut shop with a Molotov Cocktail pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Illinois Man Sentenced for Setting Fire to Reproductive Health Services Facility
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: An Illinois man was sentenced today for the arson of the Planned Parenthood Peoria Health Center in Peoria, Illinois.
Violent Detroit Street Gang Indicted on RICO Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - Members of a violent Detroit gang were indicted on various federal charges including racketeering conspiracy, trafficking controlled substances, firearm charges and unemployment insurance fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Oregon Felon Sentenced to More Than Six Years for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Katherine Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Johnathan Thuemler (32, Oregon) to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Thuemler had pleaded guilty on May 15, 2023.
Alabama Man Sentenced to Over 26 Years in Prison for Robberies and Firearm Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - An Anniston, Alabama, man was sentenced to 314 months in prison for two counts of robbery, two counts of using or carrying a firearm in connection with crimes of violence and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Final Defendant Sentenced in South Carolina’s Largest RICO Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: The 40th and final defendant prosecuted as part of the District of South Carolina’s case against the Insane Gangster Disciples (IGD), a branch of the nationwide Folk Nation gang, was sentenced today.
Jury Convicts Columbus Man of Committing Six Robberies
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal jury has convicted a Columbus man for committing six robberies in Columbus in September and October 2020.
Leesburg Man Sentenced for the Unlicensed Sale of Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Leesburg man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for selling at least nine firearms, for a profit and without a license, that he originally purchased from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Hartford Man Pleads Not Guilty to Felon in Possession Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Aug. 17, James Ingerson, 53, of Hartford, Vermont, pleaded not guilty to a single-count indictment that charges him with being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. At the hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered Ingerson to remain in custody during the pretrial proceedings.
Muskegon Man Sentenced to 100 Months for Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker sentenced Jemarion Trevon Flowers to 100 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Informational: Federal Court Arraignments
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
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Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Indicted
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of a 17-count indictment charging Clemente Betancourt (27), Estevan Betancourt (18), Larry Lee Woodard, Jr. (28), Adonis Bonilla (28), Omar Mejia (28), Jesse Leahy (47), and Alexander Perez (29), all residents of Bradenton, ...
ATF National Response Team Joins Hawaii Wildfire Inquiry
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Seattle Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives requested the assistance of ATF’s National Response Team to determine the origin and cause of a wildland fire that occurred on the island of Maui, Hawaii, on Aug. 8, 2023.
Two Fugitives Arrested in Long Beach on Firearms, Narcotics Charges After 2-Hour Standoff
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD), working with Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested two documented gang members who have been eluding law enforcement since 2021 for outstanding warrants originating out of Louisville, Kentucky.