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Possession of Unregistered Firearm
2.811 documents for Possession of Unregistered Firearm
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WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Richard A. Medve, a retired U.S. Postal Inspector, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James A. Moody at the federal court in Little Rock, Ark., to a one-count information charging him with possession of an unregistered firearm, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher announced today. Medve, 52, of Austin, Ark., had been a federally licensed firearms dealer since the 1980s. He came under investigation by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) during an undercover operation. ATF agents then executed a search warrant at his home and found numerous unregistered firearms, including several silencers.
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Lower mandatory minimum prison sentences imposed by the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 apply retroactively to defendants who committed their crimes before the Act became law, but who were sentenced afterwards, the 3rd has ruled. The defendant in the case pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute fifty grams or more of cocaine base and the receipt and possession of an unregistered firearm.
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...The National Firearms Act criminalizes possession of an unregistered "fi...
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VALINDA - Deputies jailed an admitted gang member on suspicion of gun charges after he ran from them late Tuesday, authorities said. Jose Gallaga, 18, of Valinda was booked on suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm and possession of an unregistered firearm, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Steve Katz said in a written statement.
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WACO, Texas - A federal grand jury indicted an AWOL soldier Tuesday on three charges in connection with a plot to bomb Fort Hood soldiers in Texas. Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, 21, was indicted in Waco on charges of possession of an unregistered destructive device, possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition by a fugitive from justice, according to federal prosecutors. He faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge if convicted.
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WHITTIER - Prosecutors filed charges Monday against a 14-year- old Whittier boy accused of bringing a loaded gun to his middle school last week. The unidentified minor was charged with possession of a gun on school grounds, possession of a firearm by an active gang member, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office.
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WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced that a federal grand jury in Mobile, Ala., has returned a three-count indictment charging Thomas Hayward Lewis, 24, of Mobile, with violating and conspiring to violate the civil rights of congregants of the Congregation Tree of Life Messianic Synagogue in Mobile, as well as possession of an unregistered firearm. The indictment alleges that on or about the night of Jan. 3, 2009, Lewis spray painted the Tree of Life Synagogue with anti- Semitic graffiti and neo-Nazi markings. The indictment further alleges that prior to the incident, Lewis and a co-conspirator, Christian Rodney Ice, conspired to deface and desecrate the synagogue. Lewis's co-conspirator has already pleaded guilty in federal court in Mobi...
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Former Maryland basketball star Lonny Baxter was arrested early yesterday in the District on weapons charges after a witness reported shots fired within blocks of the White House. Uniformed Secret Service agents arrested Baxter, 27, shortly after 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of 17th and I streets NW and charged him with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of unregistered ammunition.
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WHITTIER - Prosecutors filed charges Monday against a 14-year- old Whittier boy accused of bringing a loaded gun to his middle school last week. The unidentified minor was charged with possession of a gun on school grounds, possession of a firearm by an active gang member, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office. All four charges are felonies, she said. The eighth-grader is scheduled to be arraigned today at Los Padrinos Juvenile Court. He remains at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Robison said.
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A man wanted in connection with a bombing spree in Grand Junction, Colo., will be returning to face federal charges. His hands shackled to his waist, Robert L. Burke, 54, appeared to struggle to sign a waiver of identity in federal court in Salt Lake City on Thursday. He smiled and chatted with his defense attorney as he appeared before Federal Magistrate Robert Nuffer on a warrant, charging him with possession of an unregistered firearm or destructive device.
