Tag: weapons
Jahmar Frederick, Possession of a Firearm as a Felon, United States Virgin Islands 2024
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon on St. Croix, USVI, was caught with a loaded gun and now faces the music. Jahmar Frederick, 32, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for being in possession of a firearm as a felon. The Virgin Islands Police Department got the ball rolling when they spotted Frederick’s…
Donald Ray McCray, Mailing Threatening Communications, Sending Hoax Biological Weapons, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Dallas man has been convicted of mailing threatening letters containing white powder to the clerk of courts at the Fort Worth and Amarillo federal courthouses in March 2025. Donald Ray McCray, 67, made specific threats against multiple state and federal government employees, including federal district court judges. While incarcerated in…
Crisantos Garcia, Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 3 min read An alleged jailbreak plot has landed a New Mexico felon in hot water. Crisantos ‘Ventex’ Garcia, a suspected West Side Locos gang member, was charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses for allegedly helping inmate Dakota Briscoe escape from custody. On February 13, 2025, FBI agents executed search warrants at…
Grant Bieber, Ammunition Possession, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon’s freedom was crushed in a Pensacola, Florida, courtroom yesterday when 45-year-old Grant Bieber was sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing ammunition. The crime went down on October 28, 2024, when Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence in Cantonment, Florida.…
Elijah Javier Rodriguez, Gun Possession, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 3 min read Two city slickers from the Bronx tried to outsmart the system, but ended up getting caught in a web of lies. Elijah Javier Rodriguez, 27, and Javier Justin Rodriguez, 31, of New York, traveled to Dingman’s Shooting Range in Dingman’s Ferry, Pennsylvania on June 29, 2024, where they attempted to buy…
Devon James Wright, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Oregon 2025
⏱ 3 min read A convicted felon was behind bars for a second time after getting busted with guns in his possession – again. Medford OR resident Devon James Wright, 31, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for illegally toting firearms. The first time, police found a semi-automatic pistol and a full magazine…
Eric Cox, Shooting and Cocaine Possession, Connecticut 2020
⏱ 2 min read Southington resident Eric Cox, 43, is headed to the slammer after a jury found him guilty of gun and drug offenses stemming from a 2020 Hartford shooting. On September 4, 2020, Cox got into a violent altercation near Hartford Hospital, where he was slashed with a knife. Things took a deadly…
Joao Paulo Silva, Firearms Trafficking, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Brazilian national was caught peddling guns to a cooperating witness in Eastern Massachusetts, eventually leading to a federal indictment and 4-year prison sentence. Guilherme Fernandes-Tavares, 32, was a brazen gun runner who sold 11 firearms, including one with a high-capacity magazine and another with an obliterated serial number, between January…
Etavious J. Milton, Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 2 min read Etavious J. Milton, 26, is facing serious time after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Tallahassee. The feds allege Milton, already a convicted felon, was busted with a firearm. Details on exactly where and how the gun was found haven’t been released, but the charge carries a hefty penalty.…
Derrick John Thompson, Fentanyl and Firearm Trafficking, Minnesota 2023
⏱ 4 min read Derrick John Thompson, 30, got 17 years in federal prison Wednesday for hauling fentanyl and a firearm while fleeing a crash that wiped out five young women. The carnage unfolded June 16, 2023, when Thompson, barreling north on I-35W at 95 in a 55, blew through a red light at Lake…
