BANGOR, Maine?? A Brewer woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for wire fraud and making false statements to a mortgage lending business. She was also sentenced for making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer in a separate case. U.S. District Judge John A....

BANGOR, Maine ? A Lewiston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in an illegal straw purchasing conspiracy and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Abdullahi Issak, 26, to 10 years in prison followed by...

BURLINGTON, Vt. ? Nikolas P. Kerest, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, made the following statement with respect to the shooting incident in Burlington on Saturday, Nov. 25: ?The Burlington Police Department, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that as part of a coordinated law enforcement effort to address an uptick in...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? A federal jury in Bridgeport has found Joshua Gilbert, aka ?Lor Heavy,? 22, and Lorenzo Carter, aka ?Zo,? 29, guilty of racketeering offenses related to their involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. The trial before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley began on Oct. 18 and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Duayne Nelson, 31, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to unlawful possession of firearms by a felon. According to court documents and statements made in court, on...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daquan Lamont Wright,?26, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...