Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for ?Straw Purchases? of Nineteen Firearms and Illegal Gun Trafficking Using Instagram

Press Release on April 24, 2023

Indianapolis- DeAngelo Carnell, 24, of Indianapolis, Indiana was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to six counts of making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm and one count of dealing in firearms without a federal license....

Indianapolis Career Criminal Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking After Threatening Woman With a Firearm

Press Release on April 24, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS- Corey Bussell, 42 of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, on May 8, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were alerted to shots...

Ten Charged With Conspiring To Make Straw Purchases of Firearms Allegedly Bought With Stolen Credit Card Information

Press Release on April 24, 2023

CINCINNATI ? Federal agents arrested nine individuals for crimes relating to a conspiracy to buy firearms online and have them shipped to Cincinnati-area federal firearms licensees (FFLs). It is alleged that more than 70 firearms were bought with stolen credit card information and picked up, or...

Four Men Charged in Conspiracy To Steal and Illegally Traffic Over Two Hundred Firearms From an Indianapolis Shipping Company

Press Release on April 21, 2023

Indianapolis- Bruce A. Williams II, 31, Zackary Dean Doss, 26, and Kevin Todd Jones, Jr. 21, have been charged in a federal indictment with Conspiracy to Receive, Possess, Store, or Sell Stolen Firearms. Williams and Doss have also been charged with Possession of Firearms by a Felon, and Jones has...