Nashville Field Division
Welcome to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Nashville Division. The Nashville Field Division encompasses the states of Tennessee and Alabama, from Music City USA to the Gulf Coast. The Nashville Field Division is responsible for enforcing federal laws pertaining to gun crime, arson, explosives and alcohol/tobacco diversion. ATF is also responsible for regulating and investigating private industry relating to firearms and explosives.
The dedicated men and women of ATF in the Nashville Field Division and throughout the country is comprised of special agents, industry operations investigators, forensic auditors, certified fire investigators, certified explosive specialists and a variety of administrative/support staff.
ATF is committed to reducing violent crime and keeping our neighborhoods safe. ATF’s Nashville Field Division special agents focus investigative efforts on violent offenders, armed career criminals, gun traffickers and gangs. Our industry operations investigators work to ensure that firearms and explosives are manufactured handled, stored and sold in a safe but lawful manner. We work in partnership with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies throughout Tennessee and Alabama to accomplish these goals.
Investigating gun crime, firearms trafficking, criminal bombings and suspected acts of arson are all vital aspects of the ATF mission. ATF’s Nashville Field Division special agents combat arson and explosives-related crimes by conducting intense proactive investigations while working in partnerships with local/state fire investigators and police bomb squads.
We encourage all residents in Tennessee and Alabama to get to know your local ATF. Information sharing is vital to the success of ATF and our law enforcement partners. For additional information, questions and opportunities regarding community/ school outreach please give us a call. Our phone number is (615) 565-1200.
Glenn N. Anderson
Division Management Team
- Glenn N. Anderson
- Special Agent In Charge (SAC)
- Larry Cooper
- Assistant Special Agent In Charge (ASAC)
- Steven Gerido
- Assistant Special Agent In Charge (ASAC)
- Kevin Boydston
- Director of Industry Operations (DIO)
- Eric Kehn
- Public Information Officer (PIO)
Division Contact Information
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Birmingham Man Gets Life Plus 40 Years in Prison for Violent Business Robberies
January 26, 2012
BIRMINGHAM — A federal judge today sentenced one Birmingham man to life plus 40 years in prison and a second to almost 29 years in prison as the last of five defendants sentenced in connection to a series of violent robberies in the Birmingham area between December 2009 and March 2010, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, ATF Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley.More »
$5,000 Reward Offered for Information Regarding Christmas Day Arson at Local Gun Shop Poster
January 20, 2012
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$5,000 Reward Offered for Information Regarding Christmas Day Arson at Local Gun Shop
January 20, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Nashville Field Division and the Tennessee State Bomb and Arson Section announced a combined reward of $5,000 for anyone who has information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the arson fire on Dec. 25, 2011 at Specialty Arms II, 184 Old Nashville Highway in LaVergne, Tenn. The fire at the federal firearms license was reported to police at approximately 2:15 a.m. Christmas morning.More »
Federal Judge Sentences Armed Robbers to Long Prison Terms
January 12, 2012
BIRMINGHAM — A federal judge today sentenced two Birmingham men to long prison terms for their parts in a series of violent robberies in the Birmingham area between December 2009 and March 2010, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, ATF Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley.More »
Nashville Gangsta Crip Gang Member Sentenced to Over 51 Years for Leading Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in Greene and Hamblen Counties
November 15, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Lynce Trey Ball
Foster, 34, of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 622 months (51.8 years) in prison in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Foster was convicted at trial in February 2009, of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, multiple counts of distribution of cocaine, using a firearm while distributing cocaine, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Federal sentences are not parolable.More »
Elizabethton Felon Sentenced to Ninety–Four Months in Prison for Possessing a Firearm
November 7, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tony Dale Arnold, 47, of Elizabethton, Tenn., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court, at Greeneville, to serve 94 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Arnold in May 2011 to a federal indictment charging him with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.More »
Elizabethton Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
September 26, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn — Brandon Douglas Honeycutt, 26, Elizabethton, Tenn., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court, to serve 15 years in prison, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Honeycutt on May 5, 2011, to a federal grand jury indictment filed on November 9, 2010, charging him with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. At the time of his arrest by the Elizabethton Police Department, Honeycutt had been convicted of nearly 50 offenses in Carter County. He was on parole for multiple burglaries in Carter County at the time of this offense.More »
Three Men Plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Connection with July 11, 2011 Gunfight Near Hadley Park
September 13, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — September 13, 2011 – Finis Lewis, 33, a/k/a Gangsta Bit,
Quinten Smith, 26, a/k/a QT,
and Corey Lynn Smith, 26, all of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal crimes related to a shootout near Hadley Park in Nashville, Tennessee on July 11, 2011, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.More »
Two Cullman Men Sentenced for December Pipe Bomb Explosions
May 20, 2011
HUNTSVILLE — Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn today sentenced two Cullman men to 40 months in prison on explosives charges related to pipe bombs detonated in Cullman in early December, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Glenn N. Anderson.More »
Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agents Arrest Members of a Major Drug Trafficking Organization for Oxycodone, Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking
May 19, 2011
KINGSPORT, Tenn: A federal grand jury in Greeneville, Tenn., returned a four-count indictment on May 11, 2011, charging 23 defendants with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone, cocaine, and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.More »
Butler County Man Sentenced to over 15 Years in Prison for Involvement in Methamphetamine Conspiracy and Illegal Firearm Possession
May 13, 2011
Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced today that Chad Edwin Langford, age 39, of Butler County, Alabama, was sentenced in federal district court on May 12, 2011, to over 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and being involved in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Langford was also sentenced to serve a term of supervised release under the supervision of a federal probation officer after his release from prison.More »
Jackson, Tennessee Man Sentenced to 240 Months in Federal Prison
April 27, 2011
Jackson, Tenn.— Edward L. Stanton, III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that United States District Judge J. Daniel Breen sentenced Paris Rayon Ballew, 22, of Jackson, Tennessee, to 240 months in federal prison after being found guilty by a jury on gun and drug charges.More »
Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
April 12, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn.— On April 11, 2011, Bradlee Thomas, 22, of Mooresburg, Tenn., was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 15 years in prison Thomas pleaded guilty on July 7, 2010, to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. At the time of the arrest of Thomas by the Bean Station Police Department, he was on parole from the Tennessee Department of Corrections for multiple burglaries committed in Grainger and Hamblen counties.More »
Dandridge Resident Sentenced to Over Fifteen Years in Prison for Possession of Firearms
March 28, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – Jason Scott Morgan, 32, of Dandridge, Tenn., was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, to serve 15 ½ years in federal prison. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Morgan on November 3, 2010, to being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. Because Morgan had seven prior burglary convictions, he qualified as an Armed Career Criminal under federal law.More »
Five Birmingham Residents Indicted for Robberies
March 7, 2011
BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury indictment of five Birmingham residents for multiple robberies was unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, ATF Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley.More »
Nine Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Firearm Charges
March 4, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 4, 2011 – A 16-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee was unsealed today, charging nine defendants with various counts of conspiring to possess and distribute crack cocaine and marijuana; using, carrying, brandishing and discharging firearms during and in relation to drug trafficking crimes; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; sale of a firearm to a convicted felon; and possession of an illegal sawed-off shotgun. More »
Six Alleged Bloods Gang Members and Associates Indicted in Tennessee on Federal Racketeering and Murder Charges
February 23, 2011
WASHINGTON – A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., was unsealed today, charging six alleged members of the violent gang known as the Bloods with various racketeering and murder charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry E. Martin and Glenn Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Nashville Field Division.More »
Bluff City Resident Pleads Guilty to Dealing in Firearms
February 17, 2011
GREENEVILLE, Tenn — Wayne Rumley of Bluff City, Tenn., entered a plea of guilty on February 16, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, to dealing in firearms while not being a licensed dealer.More »
Five Individuals and One Tennessee Company Charged with Conspiracy to Violate Arms Export Control Act and Related Offenses in International Arms Trafficking Scheme
February 8, 2011
WASHINGTON — Five individuals and a Nashville, Tenn., firearms manufacturer have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to international firearms and trafficking violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Jerry E. Martin for the Middle District of Tennessee; Special Agent in Charge Glenn N. Anderson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Nashville Field Division; and Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. for Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) New Orleans Office.More »
Georgia Man Sentenced Five Years for Arson and Fraud in Gardendale Church Fires
January 27, 2011
BIRMINGHAM — A federal judge today sentenced a Georgia man to five years in prison for mail fraud and arson in connection to two fires at Gardendale First Baptist Church in April, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, ATF Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Roy Sexton.More »
Two Texas Men Indicted for Conspiring to Buy Grenade Launcher
December 29, 2010
BIRMINGHAM — A federal grand jury today indicted two Texas men for surreptitiously trying to buy an automatic grenade launcher, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and ATF Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson.More »
Former Metro Nashville Police Officer Convicted of Making False Statements to a Firearms Dealer
December 20, 2010
Nashville, Tenn. — Edwing Ronal Morales, a former Metropolitan Nashville police officer, was found guilty on December 15, 2010 by a jury, after a two day trial in U.S. District Court in Nashville, of two counts of making false statements to a firearms dealer during two attempted purchases of handguns in 2009, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee; Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Nashville Field Division; Jon Ruttencutter, Resident Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Nashville Field Office; and Steve Anderson, Interim Chief of Police, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.More »
Calvin Quintez Williams Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for the Distribution of Cocaine Base (“Crack”) and Possession of a Firearm
July 27, 2010
Calvin Quintez Williams, 21, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced in United States District Court in Greeneville, on July 26, 2010, to a term of 120 months in prison and eight years supervised release, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, United States District Judge. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Williams on August 27, 2009, to possession with the intent to distribute more than five grams of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. More »
Fifteen Arrested on Federal Methamphetamine Charges in Van Buren County
July 27, 2010
Twelve men and three women were arrested today in Van Buren County on charges involving various violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws. Today’s arrests by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department, are the result of a two-year investigation into the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine in and around Van Buren County. More »
Twenty-Six Alleged Bloods Gang Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering, Firearms and Narcotics Charges
June 24, 2010
A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., has indicted 26 members and associates of the violent gang known as the Bloods, for various charges, including conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to use and carry firearms during and in relation to crimes of violence, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine, hydromorphone and marijuana. More »
Allen Scott Hicks Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery of Hampton Pharmacy
April 26, 2010
Allen Scott Hicks, 52, of Elizabethton, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, at Greeneville. The sentence was the result of a December 3, 2009, guilty plea by Hicks to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with robbery of a pharmacy and using and carrying a firearms during the robbery. More »
Hoover, Ala. Explosives Detection Canine Helps Miami Prepare for Super Bowl XLIV
February 5, 2010
Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the football teams and fans safe throughout this event. More »
Chattanooga, Tenn. Explosives Detection Canine Helps Miami Prepare for Super Bowl XLIV
February 5, 2010
Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the football teams and fans safe throughout this event. More »
Nashville, Tenn. Explosives Detection Canine Helps Miami Prepare for Super Bowl XLIV
February 5, 2010
Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have fielded their best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIV. These pros include ATF K-9 explosives detection teams that have been deployed to Miami from around the country. The K-9 teams are working side-by-side with other federal, state and local law-enforcement officers to keep the football teams and fans safe throughout this event. More »
ATF National Response Team Activated to Hoover, Alabama
January 20, 2010
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team, along with ATF special agents from the Nashville Field Division, have entered the investigation of a hotel fire that occurred Saturday, January 16, 2010, at 1535 Montgomery Highway, in Hoover. The NRT responded at the request of Hoover authorities, and the Nashville Field Division has established a command post in the area. More »
Twenty-Six Indicted For Methamphetamine Conspiracy
January 7, 2010
A federal grand jury in Chattanooga returned a 38-count indictment on December 8, 2009, against twenty-six individuals of Bledsoe, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, and Sequatchie Counties, for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and to acquire and possess pseudoephedrine, a precursor chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine, as well as numerous substantive counts stemming from the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, the illegal possession of firearms, and maintaining “drug houses,” located in various local counties in Tennessee. More »