Monday, 23 June 2008

Jerry Mattison died about five hours after the shooting after he suffered a gunshot wound to his chest.

Police said someone pulled up to the apartments and opened fire on the group of teens standing outside. They said 23 shell casings were recovered from the scene of the shooting.said three teens were injured and another killed after a shooting at an apartment complex early Sunday morning.Police said they do not have a motive for the shooting yet.“At this particular complex, we have very few problems,”...
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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Two men have been arrested after five guns were seized in Hindley

Two men have been arrested after five guns were seized in Hindley. Officers from the Xcalibre Organised Crime Unit stopped a car at the junction of Market Street and Atherton Road at 7.40pm last night as part of an ongoing operation. The two men, aged 41 and 27, who were in the car were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences. They remain in police custody for questioning. Detective Superintendent...
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"Grand Concourse Crew" was busted dealing drugs and selling guns

"Grand Concourse Crew" was busted dealing drugs and selling guns by essentially taking over a string of apartment buildings on the busy Bronx commercial strip. Eyewitness News has learned at least 18 members of the "crew" were charged following raids on 1215, 1236 and 1269 Grand Concourse that started early yesterday morning. The raids, a joint FBI and NYPD operation, reportedly netted drugs and guns...
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Nicholas Prochnau returned to the bar a short time later with two handguns and pointed them at patrons and employees.

Nicholas Prochnau, 25, of Colorado Springs, had attempted to leave the bar with a glass of alcohol in his hand.After bar employees took the alcohol away from him, Prochnau returned to the bar a short time later with two handguns and pointed them at patrons and employees.According to authorities, earlier that evening Prochnau had attempted to enter Poag Mahone’s with a glass of alcohol in hand and...
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17-year-old boy was arrested by the Spanish Town Police Wednesday night and an illegal firearm taken from him following a robbery

17-year-old boy was arrested by the Spanish Town Police Wednesday night and an illegal firearm taken from him following a robbery on the outskirts of the old capital in St. Catherine.It is reported that at about 7:15pm, the teenager and two other men went to a bar along Brunswick Avenue and robbed it.A quick response by the police led to the arrest of the youth after he was spotted running into a...
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Ryan Satz charged with impersonating an officer, carrying a concealed firearm, and using a firearm while committing a felony

Police intend to charge 21-year-old Ryan Satz with impersonating an officer, carrying a concealed firearm, and using a firearm while committing a felony. suspicious driver tipped deputies off to a man who's accused of posing as a cop, carrying a pistol...
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Nathanial Ortiz attempted murder charges

In a raid Wednesday, officers arrested 12 members of the alleged trafficking ring and charged 18 with crimes stemming from the operation, police said. The group's alleged ringleader, Nathanial Ortiz, was already in police custody on unrelated attempted murder charges when the arrests were made.The gang operated out of a building at 1269 Grand Concourse, where police say members intimidated residents...
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Anthony Summers is charged with battery and pointing a loaded firearm during an argument

Anthony Summers, 31, surrendered at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point early Wednesday and posted bond the same day, records show.He is charged with battery and pointing a loaded firearm during an argument with a father who confronted Summers' girlfriend, Tangela L. Willis, at the park in Glen Ryan subdivision in March.Willis, 28, was charged with assisting a criminal and carrying a handgun without...
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Jared Matthew Smith is charged with four counts of second-degree assault, four counts of reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property

Jared Matthew Smith of Laurel,Del. in connection with an incident that took place on August 9, 2007 near Eldorado. Police say he is accused of assaulting four people who were riding in a pick-up truck by firing a flare gun at them with the flare entering the truck.He is charged with four counts of second-degree assault, four counts of reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property by...
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Damond Harrington was charged with attempted aggravated murder, felonious assault and resisting arrest.

Damond Harrington, 31, was charged with attempted aggravated murder, felonious assault and resisting arrest. His mother, Minnie Harrington, 60, was charged with resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer and obstructing justice.Akron Police said they were called to the home Thursday afternoon for a domestic violence complaint. When officers arrived, Minnie Harrington said her son wasn't home but...
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Ugur "Mike" Yildiz was arrested and is charged with violating the Arms Export Control Act.

Ugur "Mike" Yildiz was arrested by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near his home in Park Ridge, Ill., on Thursday and is charged with violating the Arms Export Control Act.On Friday the OPP, Toronto police and other agencies held a press conference in Toronto to announce 38 arrests and 443 charges in Project Blackhawk,...
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Marlin B. Colbert, Walter Pinckney,Victoria Williams arrestedon charges that included armed robbery and aggravated battery.

Yushi Shimada answered his apartment door about 1:30 a.m. last Saturday to find a man asking to use his phone because his car had broken down.When the man stepped into his apartment, a masked gunman followed. As they rifled through Shimada's wallet, he grabbed their gun and a fight ensued, Hillsborough sheriff's officials said. Shimada fired the gun; it jammed. The men beat the 23-year-old Shimada...
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Sunday, 15 June 2008

Phillip McCall was arrested on a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Clayson Pearce arrested possession of a machine gun

Phillip McCall, 35, was arrested on a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and Clayson Pearce, 27, was arrested on a federal charge of possession of a machine gun, said Lt. Skip Arms, Colorado Springs police spokesman. Jennifer McNeil, 32, and Ralph McNeil, 39, were arrested for allegedly selling hashish. Benjamin Vanornum, 24, was arrested on drug charges, Arms said. Ryan...
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Thursday, 12 June 2008

Lauren Watts is facing several charges including carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, and endangering children.

20-year-old Lauren Watts of Springdale was stopped last night on South Wayne Street in Lockland just before 5:30.When the officer, described as "Sgt. Vaughn" in police paperwork, approached the car, he saw the gun. Specifically, the barrel pointing...
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Sten submachine gun, Bren light machine gun and a Bock bolt-action rifle — were stolen during a break-in at the historic Toronto castle

Patrick Maier-Trevizan of Toronto and Piotr Baczynski of Mississauga are each charged with breaking and entering. Baczynski is also charged with possession of stolen property.19-year-old Mississauga man is one of two people facing charges after three...
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Rare Nambu machine gun used by Japanese soldiers during World War II siezed.

A woman reportedly driving five miles an hour over the speed limit in Williston led police to a World War II-era Japanese machine gun.Agents from the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms confirmed Monday that the gun seized June 5 was a rare Nambu machine gun used by Japanese soldiers during World War II.According to Police Chief Dan Davis, the case began when Cpl. Kevin Sheppard pulled over...
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Edward Nassr allegedly seized the weapon and 32 rounds of ammunition from a bag he was carrying

Edward Nassr, 30, was refused bail on Wednesday when he appeared in Sydney's Central Local Court on weapons charges.Police arrested Nassr about 1am (AEST) on Monday after noticing him loitering in a Surry Hills laneway near the nightclub.They allegedly seized the weapon and 32 rounds of ammunition from a bag he was carrying.Surry Hills Local Area Commander Superintendent Donna Adney said the gun appeared...
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Denisa Manga,Julio Manga arrested international smuggling ring that was allegedly transporting handguns and semi-automatic weapons

A cross-border smuggling ring that was shipping firearms into Canada from Detroit has been broken, authorities said yesterday, resulting in seven arrests and the seizure of more than 30 weapons, including several fully automatic machine pistols.All were handguns and most were believed to be destined for the Toronto area, said Inspector Steve Clegg of the Ontario Provincial Police's weapons enforcement...
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Jose Manuel Garibay Felix one of the leaders of a Mexican kidnapping and drug trafficking organization

In September 2002, a search warrant was executed at the Los Garibay Ranch, at which time, the following armaments were found: a 7.62 x 39 mm Maadi Company rifle, manufactured in Egypt; a 60 caliber rocket launder, of the type used for anti-aircraft or anti-armor purposes; a Heckler and Koch G3 semi-automatic rifle, model 91, a .308 caliber, no magazine; an Uzi Auto, model A, .9 mm machine gun with...
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Police officers were called to a school yesterday after pupils spotted a man carrying a rifle.

police officers were called to a school yesterday after pupils spotted a man carrying a rifle.As pupils got off their school buses they saw a man holding the gun in an area of parkland between Gowerton Comprehensive School and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, in Swansea.Armed response officers went to the scene and the South Wales Police helicopter joined the search for the gunman. A firearm was recovered near the...
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Police officers were called to a school yesterday after pupils spotted a man carrying a rifle.

police officers were called to a school yesterday after pupils spotted a man carrying a rifle.As pupils got off their school buses they saw a man holding the gun in an area of parkland between Gowerton Comprehensive School and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, in Swansea.Armed response officers went to the scene and the South Wales Police helicopter joined the search for the gunman. A firearm was recovered near the...
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Drive-by gang shooting on Wednesday left one teenager wounded and police searching for whoever pulled the trigger.

Bullets flew in a south Everett neighborhood and hit a 17-year-old boy in an arm and a leg. Detectives expected him to recover from the injuries. drive-by gang shooting on Wednesday left one teenager wounded and police searching for whoever pulled the trigger.The early-morning shooting happened two blocks from a 2006 gang shooting that ended the life of 19-year-old Dennis Riojas. Sheriff's deputies...
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Mark Antonio Johnson ran an illegal bounty hunter operation

Mark Antonio Johnson, 41, ran an illegal bounty hunter operation and went to extremes to look like he was a federal agent, including using a bogus uniform and bogus badge. Police said Johnson did use a real gun.“He’s a scam artist,” said DeKalb police spokesperson Mekka Parrish. “He was posing as a federal agent and he was basically just going around scamming people.”Police said Johnson operated the...
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Nathan Hingson Bail bond agent opened fire while trying to pull a woman from her pickup Friday

bail bond agent who opened fire while trying to pull a woman from her pickup Friday has a history of being disciplined by state regulators, and wasn't dressed to clearly identify himself as somebody who could make an arrest.Lake Stevens police said Saturday they are investigating Nathan Hingson, co-owner of Bail Bond by Nate of Lynnwood. He fired as many as eight rounds during a melee outside a Lake...
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Frank E. Novak charged with felony armed robbery after he allegedly walked into the convenience store with a BB gun and demanded cash.

Armed robbery of the Ricker’s convenience store at 105 W. McGalliard Road around 4:54 a.m. ended in the arrest of one suspect in the bushes nearby and two more in the area.Frank E. Novak, 19, 4700 N. Nebo Road, was preliminarily charged with felony armed robbery after he allegedly walked into the convenience store with a BB gun and demanded cash.Two accomplices, April N. Highley, 18, and Todd C. Cook,...
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Charles Bonner and Anthony Hill are accused of shooting 20-year-old Robert Robinson in the head

Charles Bonner, 23, and Anthony Hill, 22, each face a charge of murder and being a persistent felony offender. They are accused of shooting 20-year-old Robert Robinson in the head on Aug. 30. He died the next day. Both Bonner and Hill have been in jail since September when they were arrested for a street robbery, which is still pending in court, said Lt. Barry Wilkerson, head of the Louisville Metro...
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David Kucia took a loaded Glock up to communion at a South Side church Sunday morning, apparently for protection, was arrested

David Kucia took a loaded Glock up to communion at a South Side church Sunday morning, apparently for protection, was arrested by a high-ranking police official who happened to be attending the same Catholic mass.David Kucia, 57, was charged with a weapons violation after his arrest by Deputy Chief James Keating and Sgt. Joseph Kipka at Nativity of Our Lord, the Bridgeport parish where the Daley family...
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Jesse William Patterson who had barricaded himself inside a manufactured home on Tuscany Drive

Central Oregon'S SWAT team fired smoke bombs through the windows of a southwest Bend home Sunday morning where a dangerous and wanted man was holed up. For six hours, police were in an intense standoff with Jesse William Patterson, 40, who had barricaded himself inside a manufactured home on Tuscany Drive, off of Brookswood Boulevard. Police and neighbors say it all started after a nasty fight with...
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Chicago weekend driveby shooting

Chicago Police say they're still investigating a weekend driveby shooting that left five men injured.Police say the men were at an outdoor party on the city's South Side late Friday when a gunman opened fire from a vehicle. None of the men's injuries were considered life-threatenting, and all were in good condition.No one is in cust...
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Monday, 2 June 2008

Each gun was worth Rp 8 million. Transactions were made by phone, and we agreed to meet at a set location. I got Rp 500,000 for each gun sold

Police caught one suspect and confiscated one short barrel FN type firearm in Tambun, Bekasi."We presumed the gun belonged to the Indonesian Army," Tambun subprecinct police chief Adj. Comr. Shinto Silitonga said, as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com. "The syndicate erased the gun's serial number and repainted it black," he said. The suspect, Juwanda Tambun, is a resident of Jatimulya, Bekasi. Juwanda...
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Police officers have shot each other, hit patrol cars and blasted a range of household items in a twoyear catalogue of blunders.

One gun cop even shot himself by accident. officers have shot each other, hit patrol cars and blasted a range of household items in a twoyear catalogue of blunders. Police opened fire 46 times in error between January 2006 and March 2008. In the same period marksmen used their guns in real threats 18 times. The worrying statistics call into question the competence and training of the 14,200 officers...
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