Tag: firearms trafficking
Braden Huston Hobbs, Firearms Trafficking, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Braden Huston Hobbs, a 28-year-old from Ponte Vedra, has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for his role in a massive firearms and cocaine trafficking operation in Jacksonville, Florida. Between March 2022 and June 2024, Hobbs purchased at least 121 firearms from federally licensed dealers, which he then sold…
Todd L. Addison, Gun Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read Todd L. Addison, a 38-year-old Rochester man, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for buying guns in Pennsylvania and selling them to felons in Rochester, NY. Between March and August 2025, Addison purchased at least seven firearms, including one with an obliterated serial number, and transported them to New…
Jonathan Levon Warner, Firearms Dealing, Mississippi 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jonathan Levon Warner, a 28-year-old Jackson, Mississippi resident, has been sentenced to 27 months for his role in a firearms trafficking scheme that funneled guns from the Southern District of Mississippi to crime scenes in Chicago. Between March 15, 2022, and July 27, 2023, Warner purchased at least 33 firearms, mostly…
Cory Daigle, Felon in Possession of Firearms, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Cory Daigle, a 31-year-old convicted firearms trafficker from Revere, Massachusetts, was arrested on June 25, 2026, for possessing at least eight firearms, over 100 rounds of ammunition, and additional firearm components. This came just weeks after his release from prison for previous firearms-related offenses. Daigle’s latest arrest is a stark example…
Durante King-Mclean, Firearms Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Durante King-Mclean, a 27-year-old Canadian, was busted in a traffic stop in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 2023, with 65 handguns hidden in the trunk of his rental car. The guns, individually concealed in socks, were destined for Canada. King-Mclean had been in the US illegally since April 2023, when…
Dakota Mitchell, Firearms Trafficking, Missouri 2023
⏱ 2 min read Dakota Mitchell, a 21-year-old from Clever, Missouri, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his role in a firearms trafficking ring. Between April 28, 2023, and July 9, 2024, Mitchell unlawfully possessed six Glock pistols and a Micro Draco pistol, which he obtained with the help of a…
Juston McDowell, Unlawful Dealing in Firearms, New York 2022
⏱ 2 min read Juston McDowell, a 25-year-old from Laurinburg, North Carolina, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for unlawfully dealing in firearms without a license in Albany, New York. Between March 2022 and February 2025, McDowell acquired multiple firearms, including handguns and switches, in North Carolina and sold them in Albany and elsewhere.…
Erick Osorio-Rivera, Conspiracy to Receive Firearms, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read A husband and wife duo from Massachusetts and their Puerto Rico associate are facing federal charges for smuggling firearms to the island through the US Postal Service. According to a federal indictment, Erick Osorio-Rivera and his wife Bianca Vidal Vázquez-Millán bought guns in Massachusetts and used the Priority Mail service to…
Brandon Smith, Firearms Trafficking, Washington District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon in Washington DC has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for trafficking at least nine firearms to a prohibited buyer, who bragged about being ‘at war’. Brandon Smith, 34, was already on supervised probation for a violent felony when he started selling guns to a buyer who…
Pete Kimbell, Firearms Trafficking, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen gun dealer in New Mexico thought he’d found an easy score, selling multiple firearms and boxes of ammo to an undercover cop in a sting operation. Pete Kimbell, 41, of Farmington, allegedly used coded language to pitch his wares to the officer on September 14, 2025, before meeting up…
