KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing two firearms that he stole from a car and attempted to sell outside a nearby hotel. Edward J. Kelly Jr., 39, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to one count of...

ST. LOUIS ? Jaden Allen, 20, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the commission of a carjacking. Allen appeared today before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross. ? On June 7, 2020, Allen and a co-defendant approached a victim in the 7300...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. ? An East St. Louis man will spend 5 years in prison for shooting a gun into the air at a child?s birthday party. Marco B. Orr, 32, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. Orr pled guilty in April to one count of unlawful firearm possession by a convicted felon....

Law enforcement agencies across Iowa continue to make communities safer by vigorously investigating and prosecuting gun related crimes. ?This effort has resulted in charges and arrests in forty-eight federal cases between November 2020 and June 2021 in the eastern half of the state and thirty-...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms that were linked to several shootings. Marck E. Fristoe, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 15 years in federal prison without parole...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Kenneth E. Barbee Jr., 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 23, 2020, Barbee was found guilty...

Des Moines, Iowa ? A Johnston man was arrested Friday night on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in the manufacture and possession of an explosive device that was located in 1400 block of SE Waywin Drive in Ankeny on June 9, 2021. According to court documents, Chad Allen...