Trafficking & Straw Purchases

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (382+ words) Gun tracing is one of those things that no one paid much attention to until privately made firearms became a lot more common. Then, one defense for attempted bans was that tracing these firearms would be impossible, that bad people…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (335+ words) A DeSoto County woman will spend 30 months in federal prison for a straw purchase of a firearm, buying a gun on behalf of someone she knew could not legally have one. Dominikka Thomas, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon Aycock,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (138+ words) A DeSoto County woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for knowingly buying a firearm for a person she knew was prohibited from possessing one. Dominikka Thomas, 27, pleased guilty to the straw purchase of a firearm for Lavoris McGee, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (190+ words) A 20-year-old man is facing a federal charge after allegedly obtaining a firearm and ammunition that investigators say he knew — or had reason to believe — would be used in support of a terror attack on behalf of ISIS. The criminal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (180+ words) A 20-year-old man is facing a federal charge after allegedly obtaining a firearm and ammunition that investigators say he knew — or had reason to believe — would be used in support of a terror attack on behalf of ISIS. The criminal…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (151+ words) September 10, 2026 10:26 AM | News Firearms seized from a home in the RM of Oakland-Wawanesa on August 31, 2026. (RCMP / HANDOUT) A 34-year-old man is facing multiple charges after RCMP seized six firearms and other prohibited weapons from a residence in the RM of…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (221+ words) Katherine Anthony said Susie returned with his gun and pointed it at the girls, the outlet reported, while Peter O'Neill offered a different account, saying Susie held the gun down near his hip rather than pointing it out toward the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania authorities charged 12 people in western Pennsylvania with offenses tied to alleged straw purchases and illegal firearm transfers, expanding an investigation into guns that prosecutors say were later recovered at crime scenes or in the possession of others....

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (166+ words) Posted August 26, 2026 2:19 pm. More firearms charges have been laid against a former long-serving federal politician in Manitoba who was already accused of multiple firearms offences. Authorities say Inky Mark was re-arrested Aug. 12 and charged with 26 new offences. Officials in Nepal…...