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Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are now adding car infotainment systems to search warrants to seek evidence in criminal cases. When you connect your phone to a car's entertainment system, it stores all of your data and never erases it.
CHARLESTON W.Va. - On the steps of the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston on Tuesday, federal, state and local leaders and law enforcement came together to announce a project at aiming to continue the downward trend of violent crimes in Charleston.
Most of the roughly 400 guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area, federal authorities say. Authorities seized about 365 Ruger .22-caliber and .380-caliber firearms after police officers responded to a call about suspicious activity in the southern Chicago suburb of Midlothian on Sunday afternoon - about 12 hours after the guns were taken from a UPS facility in Memphis, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent said in court documents Tuesday.
Most of the roughly 400 guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area, federal authorities say.
About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft's potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere. Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday.
Officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say the three people who died in a car explosion in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania, knew each other. ATF special agent in charge Don Robinson said at a news conference Monday afternoon that he wants to dispel rumors that a bystander was killed in the blast, but he would not discuss details of the incident.
About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft's potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere. Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday.
Autopsies are planned Monday on the bodies of three people found dead after a car explosion on a downtown street in what authorities called a "criminal incident" being probed by federal, state and local authorities. Three males were found dead after the 9:30 p.m. Saturday blast in Allentown, said Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim, who added that he would probably be able to release the names after their identities are confirmed and their families notified.
Authorities arrested three men on weapons charges Thursday following a four-month investigation that involved the execution of 10 search warrants, eight of them in Stockton, according to a criminal complaint that was unsealed by federal officials Friday. One suspect, identified in documents as 30-year-old Somphong Xai Vongsuwan, was arrested by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at his home in Stockton.
SEAFORD, Del.Seaford Police say that they have finally arrested a man in connection with an attempted arson at Miracle Revival Center Church in Seaford. Authorities say that Garry Elmidort, 28, of Seaford was taken into custody after police and fire agencies received reports of several suspicious fires in the Seaford area.
As Hurricane Florence clobbers the Carolinas, millions of residents have evacuated, leaving thousands of homes and businesses empty, including an especially attractive target for looters: gun stores. The Carolinas are home to more than 3,300 federally licensed firearms dealers, but with law enforcement stretched thin during the storm and its aftermath, criminals can take advantage.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for firearms taken during a residential burglary. ATF is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base officials say there was no "real world" active shooter incident at the base this afternoon. False reports of a shooter situation triggered an hours long lockdown on the base.
Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, who is charged with the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was sent to the United States after awaiting extradition for more than a year A man accused of murdering a US Border Patrol agent in a case linked to the government's 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting was extradited on Tuesday from Mexico to the United States. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, who is charged with the murder of Agent Brian Terry, had been awaiting extradition for more than a year.
Firefighters responded to a major fire at AM Pyrotechnics in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, on Tuesday night, according to Springfield, Missouri, ABC affiliate KSPR. According to the affiliate, several explosions rocked the building, and were large enough to rattle neighbors' windows.
In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md.
The 34-year-old man admitted Monday to selling fake gold bars last year to a coin collector for $11,000 while wearing a badge purporting to identify himself as an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He also claimed to be an ATF agent in written correspondence and in person with the victim.
An agent of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives holds guns at an ATF field office in Glendale, California, Aug. 9, 2017. A new report finds civilians in the United States own more guns than those in any other country holding nearly 40 percent of the estimated 857 million guns in private hands.
Two Illinois men are facing federal charges in connection with a shootout that left a federal agent critically wounded during an Indiana undercover operation. Prosecutors filed charges Friday.