National Releases — 2012
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October 11
- Denver, CO – Anthony Alex Roll Sentenced In U.S. District Court
October 5
- San Francisco, CA – Four Suspects Arrested in American Canyon for Attempt to Commit an Armed Robbery of a Residence
- Atlanta, GA – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
- Atlanta, GA – ATF Offers $10,000 Reward for Information on Unsolved Homicide
October 4
- New Orleans, LA – Brothers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Drug and Gun Violations
- Denver, CO – Greeley Area Criminals Sentenced to a Combined 142 years in Federal Prison as a Result of the ATF RAGE Task Force's Work
October 3
September 27
September 21
- Boston, MA – Nine Indicted for Firearm and Drug Crimes in Rutland
- Boston, MA – Three Individuals Charged with Federal Firearms Trafficking Offenses
- Boston, MA – Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Ammunition
September 13
- Boston, MA – Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Arraigned on Melissa Barratt Murder Charges and Sentenced to 200 Months Imprisonment for Crack Cocaine Distribution in Brattleboro Area
- Headquarters – ATF Special Agent Will Clark Cleared
- Nashville, TN – Bloods Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Three Murders, Racketeering Conspiracy and Firearms Offenses
September 12
- Headquarters – ATF Graduates 100th Detection Canine Class
September 11
- Columbus, OH – ATF Offers Reward in Gun Shop Burglary
September 10
- Phoenix, AZ – Albuquerque Gang Member to Serve 40 Years in Prison for Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Conviction
September 6
- Phoenix, AZ – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information Related to the Bombing Attack of a Glendale Residence
- Dallas, TX – ATF NRT Activated to Investigate Massive School Fire
September 5
- Denver, CO – Thornton Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Federal Prison
- Atlanta, GA – ATF and NSSF Offer a Total of $15,000 for Information on Retail Gun Theft
August 30
- Los Angeles, CA – ATF Announces $10,000 Reward in Torrance Firearms Burglary Investigation
- Los Angeles, CA – ATF Announces $10,000 Reward in Corona Firearms Burglary Investigation
August 27
- Headquarters – ATF Urges FFLS and FELS/FEL/PS to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac - Other Natural Disasters
August 24
- Houston Field Division – Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Member Sentenced for Jefferson County Shooting
August 21
- Chicago Field Division – New Leadership for the Chicago Field Division
August 20
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Fugitive Being Sought
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Offers $5K Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
August 16
- Washington Field Division – Richard Marianos Named to Head Up ATF Washington Division
- Kansas City Field Division – Islamic Center of Joplin Fire Cause Remains Undetermined
August 15
- Baltimore Field Division – Robber Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Using and Firing a Gun During the Robbery of a Kent County Pharmacy
- Baltimore Field Division – Upper Marlboro Man Exiled to 25 Years in Prison for the Violent Armed Robbery of a Fast Food Restaurant
- Columbus Field Division – Arrest in Valley Sterling Trucks Fire
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Advertising Campaign Asks for the Public's Assistance
August 14
- St. Paul Field Division – ATF National Response Team Activated to Motel Fire in Steele, ND
- Tampa Field Division – Eight-Time Convicted Armed Robber Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison
August 10
- Los Angeles Field Division – More Than 100 Federal Agents and Police Officers Arrest Dozens of Violent Criminals for Firearms and Drug Trafficking Violations
- Houston Field Division – Naser Jason Abdo Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Connection with Killeen, Texas Bomb Plot
August 9
- Atlanta Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
- Charlotte Field Division – Greenville Robbers Sentenced
- Denver Field Division – Thaddeus Clinton Jones Sentenced in U.S. District Court
August 8
- Houston Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Garden Ridge Fire
August 7
- Denver Field Division – New Leader for ATF Denver Field Division
August 6
- St. Paul Field Division – ATF Announces $5,000 Reward for Gun Theft
August 2
- San Francisco Field Division – ATF San Francisco Field Division Welcomes New Leader Joseph M. Riehl
August 1
- Kansas Field Division – KC Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Drug Trafficking
July 27
- Houston Field Division – Leader of Straw Purchasing Cell Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison
July 24
- Kansas City Field Division – KC Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegal Firearm
- Houston Field Division – San Antonio Firearms Straw Purchasing/Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to Federal Prison
July 19
- Altanta Field Division – ATF Offers $7,500 Reward For Information on Retail Gun Theft
- New Orleans Field Division – Local Rap Artist Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison on Charges Relating to Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Obstruction of Justice
- San Francisco Field Division – Navy Seal Bickle Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison
July 18
- St. Paul Field Division – Mondovi Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Possession of Firearms by a Felon
June 28
- St. Paul Field Division – ATF Offers $10,000 Rewards In Two Seperate Homicides
June 28
- San Francisco Field Division – Construction Site Fire Ruled Arson
June 25
- Detroit Field Division – ATF National Response Team to Investigate Nelson’s Speed Shop Fire
June 20
- Kansas City Field Division – ‘Most Wanted’ Fugitive Arrested in Kentucky for Illegal Firearms
- San Francisco Field Division – ATF National Response Team Activated to Investigate Fire of Red Star Senior Apartments
June 18
- Washington Field Division – Virginia Beach Man Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Prison on Gun Charges
June 14
- San Francisco Field Division – Wanted Gideon Defendant Arrested After Chase
June 11
- San Francisco Field Division – Fresno Villa Posse Criminal Street Gang Leader Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
- Atlanta Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
June 8
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers Reward in Gun Shop Burglary
- Newark Field Division – U.S. Indicts 10 Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Trafficking Millions of Unstamped, Untaxed Cigarettes in Undercover Sting
June 7
May 31
- Headquarters – ATF Releases United States Firearms Trace Data for 2011
- New Orleans Field Division – Fifteen Indicted on Federal Gun Charges
- Phoenix Field Division – ATF Offers $10,000 Reward for Information Related to Detonation of Three Recent Improvised Explosive Devices
May 29
- San Francisco Field Division – Joint Operation Results in Federal Charges Against More Than 60 Individuals
May 25
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF Undercover Operation in the Valley Recovers 13 Firearms
May 24
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF Undercover Operation in South Los Angeles County Recovers 6 Firearms
May 22
- Atlanta Field Division – Woman Sentenced for Soliciting a Murder and Trafficking in Firearms
- Phoenix Field Division – Dennis Mahon Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Scottsdale Bombing Case
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward
May 21
- Tampa Field Division – Felon With Gun Sentenced to More Than Ten Years
May 18
- Headquarters – ATF Explosives Detection Canine Teams Help Chicago Prepare for NATO Summit
- Tampa Field Division –
Pines
Crack Dealer, Who Sold Uzi to Undercover Law Enforcement, Sentenced to Fifteen Years
May 16
- Kansas City Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Wichita Mosque Arson
May 15
- San Francisco Field Division – Mongols Motorcycle Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering President of San Francisco Hells Angels
May 14
- Headquarters – ATF Honors First African American Post-Reconstruction Era Federal Law Enforcement Officer Killed in the Line of Duty
May 11
- Washington Field Division – ATF Washington Field Division Agents Receive Prestigious Top Cops Award
- St. Paul Field Division – ATF Agents Receive Prestigious Top Cop Award
May 7
- Charlotte Field Division – ATF In The Carolinas Gets New Leadership
- St. Paul Field Division – Brown County Resident Sentenced to 20 Years for Cocaine Dealing and International Gun and Marijuana Trafficking
May 4
- Headquarters – ATF releases the Firearms Commerce in the United States, Annual Statistical Update, 2012
- Headquarters – ATF Announces Multiple Sales Reporting Analysis
May 3
- Washington Field Division – Richmond Man Sentenced to More Than 38 Years for His Role in 11 Commercial Robberies in the Richmond Area
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF Suspect Arrested for Distribution of a Controlled Substance in South Central Los Angeles
- Headquarters – BIA Honors First Native American ATF Investigator Killed 76 Years Ago
May 2
- San Francisco Field Division – ATF Accelerant Detection K–9 Rosie Retires After Responding to 960 Fires During Her Career
April 30
- Chicago Field Division – ATF NRT Activated to Investigate Massive Industrial Fire
- Baltimore Field Division – 18th Street Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy Related to Gang Activities
April 26
- Headquarters – ATF Releases Government of Mexico Firearms Trace Data
- Headquarters – ATF Releases Government of Mexico Firearms Trace Data (Spanish Translation)
- Columbus Field Division – Hogsett Announces Sentence of 4 Years for Parker City Man on Federal Gun Charges
- Baltimore Field Division – Lothian Man Exiled to Over 24 Years in Prison for Attempted Armed Robbery
April 25
- Atlanta Field Division – Atlanta Residents Sentenced on Federal Narcotics Charges
April 24
- Washington Field Division – Brothers Sentenced to Combined 94 Years in Prison for Armed Robberies
April 23
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF Welcomes New Special Agent In Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division
April 19
- Dallas Field Division – ATF NRT Activated to Investigate Massive Business Fire
April 16
- San Francisco Field Division – Felon Arrested for Possessing Guns and Selling Drugs During ATF Undercover Operation
April 13
- Headquarters – Actor Joins ATF in Fight Against Violent Crime
- Headquarters – Former NFL Player Teams Up with ATF Against Violent Crime
- Headquarters – Targeting Gun Crime
April 9
- Los Angeles Field Division – Los Angeles Resident Sentenced to 102 Months for Firearms and Narcotics Violations
April 5
- Dallas Field Division – Leader of Group of Dallas Residents Convicted of Intentionally Setting Fires to Collect American Red Cross Assistance Funds Is Sentenced to 240 Months in Federal Prison
- Denver Field Division – Earl Albert Moore Sentenced to Life in Prison for Use of a Destructive Device During a Crime of Violence
March 29
- Kansas City Field Division – ATF Offers Reward in Gun Store Burglary
March 28
- Kansas City Field Division – ATF Trains Bomb-Sniffing Dogs to Identify Homemade Explosives
- New Orleans Field Division – Michael Anderson, Leader of the
Josephine Dog Pound
, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for RICO and Murder Charges
March 27
- Houston Field Division – Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Member Sentenced for Role in 2009 Jefferson County Shooting
March 23
- Washington Field Division – Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison on Murder Charges In Fiery Assault That Led to Death of Manager of Good Guys Club
March 21
- Seattle Field Division – Bethel Man Sentenced to 180 Months
- Kansas City Field Division – Storm Lake Man Gets 15 Years for Firearm Conviction
March 15
- Houston Field Division – ATF’s National Response Team Activated to Investigate Channelview Flea Market Fire
March 15
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Offers New Information in Monroe Car Bombing Investigation
- Washington Field Division – HPL Felon Gets 24+ Years
March 13
- Washington Field Division – District Man Sentenced to 25-Year Prison Term For Series of Arsons in Densely Populated City Neighborhoods
March 9
- St. Paul Field Division – Fire Investigators Determine Cause of Abby Theatre Fatal Fire
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward
March 8
- Houston Field Division – Raza Unida Gang Leader Gets 30 Years for Racketeering
- Houston Field Division – Kidnapper Gets Max For Illegal Possession of a Firearm
- San Francisco Field Division – First Two Operation Garlic Press Defendants Sentenced
March 7
- St. Paul Field Division – Felon Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of a White Bear Lake Bar
- Baltimore Field Division – Baltimore Felon Exiled to 15 Years in Prison on Gun and Ammunition Charges
- Dallas Field Division – ATF Declares 400 Coyle Middle School Students
GREAT
March 6
- Kansas City Field Division – Explosion at Missouri Fireworks Manufacturer Under Investigation
- St. Paul Field Division – ATF National Response Team Activated to Local Theater in Abbotsford, WI
- Phoenix Field Division – Mexican National Sentenced for her Role in a Conspiracy to Acquire
Stinger
Missile and Other Military–Grade Weapons - St. Paul Field Division – Mauston Man Receives 15–Year Sentence for Possession of a Sawed–Off Shotgun
March 5
- Kansas City Field Division – Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Revokes Federal Firearms License
March 2
- Baltimore Field Division – Reservoir Hill Crack Dealer Exiled to Over 15 Years in Prison
- Tampa Field Division – Four Tampa Men and One Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Multiple Armed Robberies
March 1
- Tampa Field Division – Serial Robber Sentenced to More Than 65 Years for Committing String of Walgreens Robberies
- Chicago Field Division – Two Chicago Area Men Plead Guilty to Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charges
- Houston Field Division – 10 Sentenced for Involvement in Straw Purchase and Export Ring
February 29
- New Orleans Field Division – New Orleans Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Drugs and Weapons Violations
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Offfers $5,000 Reward For Information
February 28
- San Francisco Field Division – Gun Traffickers Arrested in Stockton After Selling Guns to ATF Undercover Agents
February 27
- Charlotte Field Division – Seven Indicted on Federal Drug, Gun and Robbery Charges
February 24
- Phoenix Field Division – Federal Jury Finds Dennis Mahon Guilty in Scottsdale Bombing Case
- Tampa Field Division – Tampa Man Sentenced to More Than 29 Years for Armed Robbery
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Announces Recovery of Stolen Firearms
February 23
- San Francisco Field Division – Mongols Motorcycle Gang Member Convicted of Murdering President of San Francisco Hell’s Angels
February 21
- Dallas Field Division – Three Dallas Men Sentenced on Firearms Convictions
February 17
- St. Paul Field Division – Denmark, Wisconsin Man Indicted in Federal Court with Arson, Mail Fraud and Murder for Hire
February 16
February 15
- St. Paul Field Division – Hugo Man Sentenced for the Armed Robbery of Falcon Heights Liquor Store
February 14
- Kansas City Field Division – ATF Offers Reward in Strasser Apartment Complex Arson
- Seattle Field Division – Kent Man Indicted for Illegally Selling Gun Later Used in Chicago Area Murder
- Denver Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Gun Store Burglary
- Newark Field Division – More Than $9.6 Million in Contraband Cigarette Sales Leads to Six Arrests in New Jersey Sting
- San Francisco Field Division – Los Angeles Tobacco Distributors Plead Guilty in a Scheme to Avoid Almost $2.5 Million in Excise Tax
February 13
- Tampa Field Division – Felon Sentenced to More Than 36 Years for Armed Robbery of Undercover Detective
- Nashville Field Division – Uzbek National Pleads Guilty To Charges of Threatening to Kill the President and Providing Material Support to Terrorist Activity
February 10
- Charlotte Field Division – North Charleston Man Sentenced on Drugs and Gun Charges
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Offers $2, 500 Reward for Information
February 9
- Houston Field Division – Four of Five Convicted for Roles in Attempted Armored Car Robbery Land in Federal Prison
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers Reward in Gun Shop Burglary
February 8
- Los Angeles Field Division – Gang Member Sentenced for His Involvement in an ATF Undercover Sting
- Houston Field Division – San Antonio Men Sentenced in Firearms Straw Purchasing/Trafficking Investigation
February 7
- San Francisco Field Division – Wine Warehouse Arsonist Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
February 6
- Kansas City Field Division – Wichita Man Becomes 20th Defendant to Plead Guilty from ATF Sting Operation in Wichita
February 2
- Denver Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Gun Store Burglary
January 31
- Columbus Field Division – Hogsett Announces Ten Year Prison Term for Bloomington Resident on Gun Charges
January 31
- Atlanta Field Division – Budget Inn Arson Defendant Sentenced
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers $2,500 Reward
January 30
- Houston Field Division – Baytown Man Gets More Federal Prison Time for Exportation of Firearms
- Columbus Field Division – ATF Offers $2,500 Reward
January 26
- Tampa Field Division – Orange County Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison
- Houston Field Division – ATF, Crime-Stoppers and Local Law Enforcement Offer Reward for Information on Gun Store Burglaries
- Houston Field Division – Port Arthur Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery Spree
- Nashville Field Division – Birmingham Man Gets Life Plus 40 Years in Prison for Violent Business Robberies
January 25
- Los Angeles Field Division – Two Mexican Mafia Members and 117 San Diego County Street Gang Members and Associates with Ties to The Mexican Mafia Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Drug Trafficking Violations and Firearms Offenses
- Houston Field Division – Pharr Man Sentenced to Prison for Lying to Buy Almost Two Dozen Firearms Destined for Mexico
- St. Paul Field Division – Sweeping Racketeering Indictment Charges Alleged Members of the Native Mob
January 23
- Detroit Field Division – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Shooting of Macomb County Correctional Officer
January 18
- Nashville Field Division – $5,000 Reward Offered for Information Regarding Christmas Day Arson at Local Gun Shop
January 18
- Tampa Field Division – Gangster Disciple Street Gang Member Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Federal Prison
January 17
- Tampa Field Division – Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years
- Atlanta Field Division – First Round of Defendants Sentenced in ATF–Atlanta Undercover Investigation
January 12
- Baltimore Field Division – Baltimore Felon Exiled to Over 15 Years in Prison for Possessing a Gun
- Nashville Field Division – Federal Judge Sentences Armed Robbers to Long Prison Terms
January 11
- Houston Field Division – Laredo Man Gets 10 Years for Illegal Possession
- New Orleans Field Division – Member of Violent
Josephine Dog Pound
Sentenced to Life in Federal Court to RICO and Murder Charges - Chicago Field Division – Latin Kings’ Nationwide Leader, Augustin Zambrano Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Related Gang Crimes
- Kansas City Field Division – Liberty Hills Country Club Fire Investigation Concluded
January 10
- Tampa Field Division – Orlando Man Sentenced to 32 Years for Armed Robbery of CVS and Armed Carjacking
- Tampa Field Division – Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to More than 16 Years in Federal Prison
- Charlotte Field Division – International Gun Trafficker Receives Federal Sentence
- Baltimore Field Division – Jason Scott Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Federal Home Invasion, Firearms and Child Pornography Production Charges
- Kansas City Field Division – ATF Offers Reward in Kennett Country Club Arson
- Detroit Field Division – 15 Individuals Indicted in Large Scale Drug Conspiracy Case
January 6
- Tampa Field Division – 23–Year Old Manatee County Man Sentenced to More than 19 Years in Federal Prison
January 4
- Tampa Field Division – Orlando Man Sentenced to More than 44 Years for Armed Robbery of CVS and Armed Carjacking
- Baltimore Field Division – Bowie Man Exiled to 16 Years in Prison on Gun and Drug Charges
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF National Response Team Activated to Investigate a Series of Arson Fires in Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Field Division – ATF Offering $10,000 Reward for Information Relating to Arson Incidents