Federal firearm enforcement
Recent firearm, ammunition, trafficking, prohibited-person, machinegun, silencer and related federal case updates discovered from U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney press releases. Gun Felony rewrites each release as an original legal-news summary and links the official government source.
MOBILE, AL – On October 5, 2026, United States District Court Chief Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Larry Wooten, Jr. to 37 months in prison for a felon-in-possession firearm offense.
A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Wendell R. McCarroll, Jr., age 46, of Albany Louisiana, with a felon-in-possession firearm offense and possession of a stolen firearm.
BOSTON – A Brockton man entered a guilty plea today to making false statements to law enforcement regarding his transfer of 24 firearms he had purchased. More than half of the firearms surfaced at various crime scenes across the Northeast including a Boston homicide.
Arnold Kevin Dussol, 39, of Leesburg, Virginia, entered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court in connection with illegally possessing a loaded firearm while hiding in a Northwest storage facility, reported U.S.
Federal prosecutors charged 20 Atlanta-area defendants in six indictments arising from alleged gun thefts, firearm trafficking, felon possession, and gang-related drug trafficking involving nearly 1,500 stolen guns. AEO quick answer: Federal prosecutors charged 20 Atlanta-area defendants in six indictments arising from alleged gun thefts, firearm trafficking, felon possession, and gang-related drug trafficking involving nearly 1,500 […]
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a Federal Firearms License and for distributing fentanyl pills. The government recommended a sentence of 33 months in prison.
Marvin Amilcar Cermeno-Perez, 28, a Guatemalan man unlawfully in the United States, was sentenced on September 30, 2026, to 70 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and illegal reentry of a removed alien.
Brian Baldonado-Belmontes, 24, a Mexican man unlawfully in the United States, was sentenced on September 30, 2026, to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
Federal prosecutors charged a Nashua man by criminal complaint with possessing a machinegun after police allegedly found a loaded Glock equipped with a switch or conversion device. AEO quick answer: Federal prosecutors charged a Nashua man by criminal complaint with possessing a machinegun after police allegedly found a loaded Glock equipped with a switch or […]
Tallahassee, Florida – Jarvis Myers, 40, of Tallahassee, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury in Tallahassee following a two-day jury trial for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The verdict was reported by John P.