ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Marquez Martinez faced a federal judge on Thursday to find out his sentence after investigators found that he bought and sold hundreds of guns over the last four years. Martinez was in handcuffs as a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent read him his rights. Her fellow agents searched his brother's []
A Chicago man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally selling guns and "switch" devices that can turn semi-automatic firearms into machine guns.
Senate Republicans announced new legislation Friday requiring Homeland Security notification every time an illegal immigrant tries to buy a gun, giving deportation officers a chance to take action.
During the attack, the victim was reportedly beaten unconscious twice with one witness telling police the suspect
A man arrested on a gun charge and DUI in Warren was sentenced Wednesday.
The man convicted in a deadly road rage shooting on a local interstate last year is expected to learn his fate on Friday.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man who pled guilty to a seemingly random murder will spend decades behind bars. Last February, the Albuquerque Police Department arrested 34-year-old Melvin Robinson and charged him with shooting a man in the back. Robinson was picked up with Casper Rickords police say the two admitted to the murder as well []
According to recent data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Oregon has seen a recent surge in firearm background checks.As it stands, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale. But dealers who sell weapons elsewhere, like through social media or via gun shows, have been able to sell guns without checking the details of those who purchase them. The Biden administration has...
A 33-year-old San Juan woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for trying to smuggle 39 guns and 38 ammunition magazines into Mexico.
A Portales man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on drug trafficking charges on Wednesday after officers reportedly found methamphetamine in his vehicle during a traffic stop in June 2021, the Ninth Judicial District Attorney's Office announced.
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for distribution of child pornography depicting prepubescent minors, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced Wednesday. Ryant Rodriguez, 27, pleaded guilty March 9, 2022. "During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access []
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque murder suspect who was released from custody before the state Supreme Court intervened has taken a plea deal in two separate cases. Adrian Avila pled guilty on Tuesday to first-degree murder and kidnapping for shooting and killing Donnie Brandon in 2020 and fatally shooting Elias Otero in 2021. The state []