Tag: Gun crime
Carlos Antwon Lewis, Illegally Possessing a Firearm, South Carolina 2025
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Antwon Lewis, a 46-year-old man from Columbia, SC, was busted for illegally possessing a firearm after a traffic stop on March 4, 2025. Lewis, who was the front passenger in an SUV, admitted to having a gun when a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy smelled marijuana and asked him to step…
Justin Lloyd Coleman, Machinegun Possession, North Carolina 2024
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon from Huntersville, North Carolina, has been sentenced to prison for illegally possessing multiple firearms, including a machinegun. Justin Lloyd Coleman, 44, was found to have hidden an arsenal of guns in his attic and apartment, despite being prohibited from possessing firearms due to a previous state firearm conviction.…
Timothy Parrish, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Iowa 2026
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Derrick Gathers, Shooting, South Carolina 2023
⏱ 2 min read Derrick Gathers, a 40-year-old from Augusta, Georgia, shot a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper during a traffic stop on August 16, 2023, in Bamberg County. The trooper, Lance Corporal Frazier, had pulled Gathers over for speeding on Highway 78. When Frazier approached the vehicle to investigate a potentially fake driver’s license,…
Bryan Steven Etheridge, False Statement, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Bryan Steven Etheridge, a 40-year-old Columbia County man, tried to buy a .40 caliber pistol from a local firearms dealer on May 10, 2025, but lied on the background check form, denying he was under a court order for domestic violence. The truth was, his wife had obtained an injunction against…
Matthew S. Meyers, Conspiracy to Provide False and Fictitious Written Statements, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Matthew S. Meyers, a 41-year-old man from Machesney Park, Illinois, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to straw purchase five firearms in Winnebago County. Between 2022 and 2024, Meyers instructed another individual to buy guns on his behalf, knowing that the person would falsely claim to…
Jonathan Scott, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Illinois 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jonathan Scott, a 33-year-old felon from Oak Park, Illinois, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a handgun in Chicago. The incident occurred on May 25, 2025, outside a McDonald’s restaurant on the West Side of Chicago, where Scott displayed a handgun during an argument with an…
Casey Rygh, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Casey Rygh, a 47-year-old convicted double murderer from Minnesota, was caught with a loaded 9mm pistol in Mercer County, West Virginia, on August 25, 2025. Rygh, who was wanted for felony arrest warrants, was found to be in possession of the firearm despite being a felon. The arrest was made during…
Steven Mark Hosey, Unlicensed Firearms Sales, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 3 min read Steven Mark Hosey, a 59-year-old from Poca, West Virginia, was involved in a lucrative but illicit business, selling firearms without a Federal Firearms License (FFL) in Huntington. Between April 2024 and April 10, 2025, Hosey purchased guns from licensed dealers with the intent to sell them for profit to other individuals,…
Arlin Alexis Bustillo, Firearms and False Permanent Resident Card, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read Arlin Alexis Bustillo, a 34-year-old native of Honduras, was caught by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers in an abandoned St. Alexius Hospital on July 31, 2025, with a large machete and two firearms, including a stolen pistol and a sawed-off .22-caliber rifle. He also had a fraudulent Social Security card…
