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Undercover Operation Takes Guns and Drugs Off of the Streets of Omaha

The United States’ Attorney’s Office, the Douglas County Attorney’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Omaha Police Department announced today that 55 defendants have been charged with federal and state crimes including illegal firearm possession, drug trafficking and other offenses. Over 100 law enforcement officers and agents executed arrest [...]

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Six Men Arrested In Virginia For Planning Drug Stash House Robbery

Six men from Philadelphia have been sentenced to as much as 30 years in prison for conspiring to conduct an armed home invasion robbery of a drug stash house in Fairfax County. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Rich Marianos, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of [...]

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JULY 4TH GIVEAWAY! ARE YOU OUR BIGGEST FAN?

Hey, everyone! We here at the staff appreciate everything you guys do for us. We seriously have the best fans out there, and we want to show you how much we care by giving you the best part of the 4th of July weekend! This Grill Master 4-Burner Stainless Steel Gas Grill has a stainless [...]

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California Man Sentenced in Scheme to Smuggle Surface-to-Air Missiles Into U.S.

LOS ANGELES—A Southern California man was sentenced this morning to 25 years in federal prison after being convicted on a series of federal charges related to schemes to smuggle many items into the United States, including surface-to-air missiles designed to shoot down aircraft. Yi Qing Chen, 49, of Rosemead, California, received the 300-month sentence from [...]

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DEA/NTF Arrest 10 Suspects; Indictment Unsealed

APR 25 – (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) – Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced the arrest of ten individuals and unsealing of a five-count indictment charging those individuals with narcotics and federal firearms violations, and money laundering. A federal grand jury sitting in San Diego handed [...]

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Undercover Gun and Drug Investigation Nets 32 Arrests

BOSTON—Thirty-two individuals were charged today on federal and state gun and drug charges, stemming from a long-term investigation into gun trafficking and narcotics sales in the Brockton area. Recorded undercover purchases of firearms and narcotics from gun suppliers netted 47 weapons during the investigation. It is alleged that during the investigation, recorded undercover purchases revealed [...]

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Detroit Man Sentenced 191 Months for Silver City Carjacking

LAS CRUCES—Today in federal court in Las Cruces, Kevin Maurice Brooks, a 48-year-old resident of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 191 months in prison for his conviction on attempted carjacking and related-firearms charges. Brooks will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence. The court also ordered Brooks to pay [...]

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Tuscon Man Sentenced to Serve 15 Years for Firearms and Drug Offenses

U.S. District Court Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. on Monday sentenced Jack Martin Vose of Tucson, to 15 years imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Vose, 57, was convicted by a jury of his [...]

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Illinois Man Sentenced in Connection with Explosion at Salt Lake Library

Zajac Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison in Connection with Explosion at Salt Lake Library SALT LAKE CITY—Thomas James Zajac, age 57, of Downers Grove, Ill., who was convicted of six violations of federal law stemming from a bombing at the Salt Lake City Public Library on Sept. 15, 2006, will spend 35 years [...]

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Man Arrested & Identified as Ron Hirsch; Wanted in Connection with Synagogue Explosion

Ron Hirsch, 60, a transient, was arrested in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Monday evening after officers with the Cleveland Heights Police Department were contacted by a local resident with whom Hirsch had come into contact, announced Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles; Tim Jackman, Chief of the Santa Monica Police [...]

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