CHICAGO ? A federal judge has sentenced a man to more than six years in prison for unlawfully dealing shotguns and other firearms in Chicago. PARIS STEELE illegally sold five firearms in Chicago in 2016 and 2017 to an individual who, unbeknownst to Steele, was cooperating with law enforcement....

CHICAGO ? A man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing a stolen semi-automatic handgun in Douglas Park on Chicago?s West Side. TERRY LEE illegally possessed the loaded gun in the 1200 block of South Farrar Drive on the evening of Aug. 12, 2020. ?Chicago...

CHICAGO ? A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with making materially false statements in the acquisition of more than 20 firearms. In 2019 and 2020 STOVALL BUCHANAN acquired 23 handguns and a rifle from suburban Chicago firearms dealers, falsely certifying on federal forms that he...

CHICAGO ? A Chicago man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the city?s Humboldt Park neighborhood. EDDIE JONES, 28, illegally possessed the gun in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue on June 5, 2020. ?Chicago Police officers...

CHICAGO ? A man has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly straw purchasing handguns in a suburban Chicago store on behalf of another individual. JUSTIN GARCIA purchased a handgun in 2019 and another in 2020 from a licensed firearms dealer in Crete, Ill., and falsely certified on...