ST. PAUL, Minn. ? A Moorhead man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm in his residence after a minor was shot and killed with his gun, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk. According to court documents, on March 2, 2021, Phillip Neal Jones, Jr., 34, possessed a Walther...

MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. In unrelated cases, four...

MINNEAPOLIS ? A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Dodge County man for impersonating a federal law enforcement officer, announced Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk. According to court documents, on August 17, 2021, the FBI received a tip that Reyel Devon Simmons, 52...

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced on August 24, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. Thomas Richards, age 23, was...

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on September 7, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Darius Emery, age 33, was sentenced to two years and three...

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on September 7, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court. Casey Brasgalla, age 39, was sentenced...

MADISON, WIS. ? Timothy M. O?Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dewayne Veasy, 32, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 84 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon and...