Tag: firearms trafficking
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…
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.…
