RIVERSIDE, California – A federal jury has convicted a former United States Marine of possessing a fully automatic, chrome-plated AK-47 that may have once belonged to a member of Saddam Hussein’s royal guard. Joel Cleve Miller, 40, of Twentynine Palms, was found guilty of illegally possessing a machine gun last Friday afternoon following a four-day Read More »
Montgomery, Alabama – United States Postal employee Arthur Darby, Jr. was indicted by a federal Grand Jury for the attempted murder of two postal employees, the use of a firearm in connection to a crime of violence, and delay of the United States mail, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. On December 1, Read More »
Krista Johnson, 35, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on February 22, 2012, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson was arrested in Cheyenne. She received 30 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a Read More »
Jerhmia Douglas Caddell, 25, of Worland, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on February 23, 2012, for being an unlawful user in possession of ammunition. Caddel was arrested in Worland. He received three years of probation, with the first two months in home confinement and was ordered to pay Read More »
Testimony outlined murders and links to Gulf Cartel and Zetas LAREDO, Texas – The federal jury in Laredo, Texas, hearing the case of Gerardo Castillo-Chavez aka “Cachetes” aka Armado Garcia has just returned guilty verdicts on all counts, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Castillo-Chavez, 25, who hails from Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was Read More »
Sold Hundreds of Firearms Without License and Failed to Report Income ROY ALLOWAY, 56, of Bremerton, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for unlawful dealing in firearms and filing a false income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Read More »
Defendant Sold Assault Rifles and Stolen Weapon to Person Working with Law Enforcement A convicted felon who repeatedly sold guns to a person working with law enforcement was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. IRVIN J. Read More »
NORFOLK, Va. – Christian J. Devine, 58, of Virginia Beach, Va., pleaded guilty today in Norfolk federal court to possession of a machine gun and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Devine faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 24, 2012. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney Read More »
MARSHALL, Texas – A 48-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Eric Jason Wright pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne. According to information presented in Read More »
TYLER, Texas – A 53-year-old Emory, Texas woman pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Margaret Lanette Gunter pleaded guilty on Feb. 21, 2012, to engaging in the business of selling firearms without a federal firearms license before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Read More »
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