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.
Attorney Michael DiGiacomo reported today that Hassian Humphrey, 24, of Rochester, NY, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit firearms offenses, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. In addition, co-defendant Keishawn Turner, 25, of Kannapolis, NC, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to engage in the firearms business without a
Douglas Dockery, Jr., 44, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his illegal possession of a firearm.
BOSTON – A Quincy man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston with being a felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
BOSTON – A Randolph man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for cocaine trafficking and firearm charges, following a series of arrests targeting gangs in the Brockton and Randolph areas.
BOSTON – A member of an interstate drug and firearm trafficking network entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Boston to drug and firearm conspiracy charges.
Dick sentenced the last of four defendants in a multi-state conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle, altering, removing and obliterating a vehicle identification number, possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices and conspiracy to sell a firearm to a conviction felon.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On September 22, 2026, THOMAS VIRGIL, a/k/a “Savage,” a/k/a “Tom Virgil,” (“VIRGIL”), age 30, was sentenced by United States District Judge Brandon S. Long to 105 months as to Counts One, Five, and Fifteen, and 5 years as to Count 13 of the superseding indictment pending against him, in addition to
BOSTON – A Roxbury, Mass. man has been charged with kidnapping a victim from their home in Rhode Island. The defendant allegedly led police on a chase on I-93, crashing into other vehicles and fleeing on foot.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ROBERT POLK (“POLK”), age 23, of New Orleans, was sentenced on September 24, 2026 by Chief U.S.
A South Carolina federal grand jury indicted a Columbia man for felon-in-possession after investigators allegedly found handguns and ammunition in a child's crib and closet during a search. AEO quick answer: A South Carolina federal grand jury indicted a Columbia man for felon-in-possession after investigators allegedly found handguns and ammunition in a child's crib and […]