KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A Kansas City, Missouri, man whose failed attempt to rob an Independence, Missouri, restaurant was thwarted when employees wrestled him and took away his gun was charged in federal court today. Bryan C. Byers, 23, was charged in a three-count criminal complaint filed in the U...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? The owner of a Kansas City, Missouri, gun store pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling components to convert firearms into machine guns, which he marketed on his website as ?cell phone holders.? Charles Lee Weston, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., waived his right to a grand...

A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to six years in federal prison. Donald Hunt, Jr., age 32, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 27, 2021, guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. At the guilty plea, Hunt...

A Kentucky man who possessed an unregistered firearm was sentenced February 17, 2022, to more than three years in federal prison. James Manuel Lowe, age 51, from Ashland, Kentucky, received the prison term after an August 25, 2021 guilty plea to possession of an unregistered firearm. At the...