A Kansas sheriff will resign his position after he pleaded guilty to a federal firearm crime, officials said. Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple, 48, of Ness City, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of knowingly selling a gun to a person who was prohibited under federal law from possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Stephen … Read more
No matter how hard he tries, Uncle Sam can’t stop his cops from losing track of their guns and ammunition. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) provides the latest example of a recurring problem that has long vexed federal law enforcement. A new report by the Justice Department’s inspector general “identified significant deficiencies related to tracking … Read more
A Marion County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Thursday is accused of selling several stolen shotguns. Sean Thomas Banks, 49, of Keizer, was booked into the Linn County Jail on five counts of first-degree theft and one count of official misconduct. During a three-year period, Banks reportedly stole and sold five shotguns, according to court documents. The … Read more
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – An investigation into a stolen AR-15 from a locker room at the MTSU Police Department lead to an undercover sting. Officer Marco Burke, who has only been with the department for a year, is now accused of felony theft of cash. It was Officer Burke’s own body camera that could help prove … Read more
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy accused of placing his loaded duty weapon in a child’s backpack appeared in Orange County Superior Court on Thursday. Manuel Murillo, 37, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of child endangerment, second-degree criminal storage of a firearm and third-degree criminal storage of a firearm, court records show. Prosecutors allege … Read more
A Queens cop who lied about a 2014 gun possession arrest in Washington Heights was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail. Sasha Cordoba, 35, copped to perjury and official misconduct raps as relatives in the gallery tearfully watched court officers slap cuffs on her and haul her away. The plea deal stemmed from a … Read more
William Stewart Boyd traded his father’s old .38 caliber Smith & Wesson snub nose for less than $100 in a gun buy-back in 2004. It was supposed to be destroyed, but somehow the same handgun with serial number J515268 was found next to a dead body involved in a police shooting eight years later. Boyd, … Read more
In an emotional court hearing, a former Washington, D.C., police officer was sentenced to a year in federal prison Wednesday for illegally dealing guns, two of which were linked to deaths. “I just want to take a moment to apologize to everyone in the courtroom,” Richard Wince, 51, said through tears before his sentencing in … Read more
California – Two Gardena police officers have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of using their position to acquire firearms and illegally selling more than 100 of the weapons to others, including a convicted felon. Det. Carlos Miguel Fernandez, 42, Officer Edward Yasushiro Arao, 47, face a combined five felony counts, including … Read more
A law that went into effect in 2017 introduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO), which allows law enforcement in the state of Washington to confiscate a gun owner’s firearms if the owner is deemed a threat to themselves or others by a judge. This law, also referred to as a “red flag” gun law, … Read more
SEATTLE — A yearlong Associated Press analysis found more than a dozen firearms sold by law enforcement agencies in Washington state since 2010 later became evidence in new criminal investigations. Identifying guns sold by law enforcement and matching them to new crimes required extensive research and dozens of public records requests to individual agencies. Using … Read more
A police officer in Arlington, Texas caught a teen smoking weed outside of a movie theatre and instead of arresting him he offered the young man some exercise – okay, a lot of exercises. The officer, Eric Ballwas, was off-duty at the time when he caught a whiff of something funky. What he discovered was … Read more