Tag: firearms trafficking
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…
Shawn Ryan Cowan, Possession of Illegal Firearms, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 28-year-old Hamilton man is facing up to 15 years in prison for possessing a collection of illegal firearms and ammunition. Shawn Ryan Cowan was found guilty by a federal jury after a one-day trial in Missoula. Cowan, who has a history of violent crime, was previously convicted of Aggravated Assault…
Joao Victor Da Silva Soares, Firearms Trafficking, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read Joao Victor Da Silva Soares, a 22-year-old from Everett, Massachusetts, was involved in a brazen firearms trafficking scheme that spanned Eastern Massachusetts. Between August and September 2024, Soares supplied over half a dozen firearms, including AR-15 style rifles, to buyers in the region. The illicit deals went down in parking lots…
Erhan John Er, Firearms Smuggling, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Erhan John Er, a 35-year-old former international truck driver from Sarasota, Florida, has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for his role in an international firearms trafficking conspiracy. From February to September 2022, Er worked as a cross-border truck driver, smuggling guns from Florida to Canada.…
Mark Anthony Jimenez, Conspiracy to Traffic Firearms, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Mark Anthony Jimenez, a 24-year-old Del Rio man, was involved in a conspiracy to traffic firearms, obtaining a pistol with a machine gun conversion device and purchasing 9mm ammunition. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discovered videos on Facebook showing Jimenez, a juvenile, and codefendant Alleena Nikole Soto…
Doug Mulligan, Felon Gun Possession, New Hampshire 2024
⏱ 2 min read Doug Mulligan, an 80-year-old Massachusetts man and convicted felon, worked at a licensed firearms business in New Hampshire, despite being prohibited from possessing guns. On a recent day in federal court, Mulligan pleaded guilty to illegal firearm possession. He had been warned repeatedly that he couldn’t work in a gun store…
Joshua Morency, Gun Trafficking, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Dorchester man made headlines in a Boston federal court yesterday, pleading guilty to trafficking firearms. Joshua Morency, 28, sold 17 guns to undercover agents in controlled purchases. The majority of the firearms purchased from Morency were 3D-printed ‘ghost guns,’ a type of privately made firearm that’s notoriously difficult to track.…
Michael Stuckey Sentenced to 13 Years for Gun Trafficking, DC, 2024
⏱ 3 min read Michael Stuckey, 36, is headed to federal prison for 13 years and 4 months after pleading guilty to running guns from North Carolina into Washington, D.C. The operation, active from August 2022 to July 2024, wasn’t just about quantity – it included illegally modified Glock pistols turned into fully automatic weapons.…
Michael Stuckey, Firearms Trafficking and Drug Distribution, DC, 2023
Michael Stuckey, 36, will spend the next thirteen years and four months locked up after a federal judge handed down a stiff sentence today for running guns and drugs through the nation’s capital. The Southeast DC resident pleaded guilty to firearms trafficking and drug distribution, charges that carry significant weight given his already extensive criminal…
Nicholas Kingsley, Stockpiling Illegal Firearms, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 3 min read Nicholas Kingsley, 42, of Agawam, Massachusetts, is headed to federal prison for over nine years after a Homeland Security Investigation blew the lid on his operation. The feds busted Kingsley for stockpiling illegal firearms, silencers, and parts to turn ordinary guns into machine guns. The case unfolded in Hartford, Connecticut, with…
