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ALBANY, N.Y. — A Kingston man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of conspiring with another city man to unlawfully obtain firearms from a licensed dealer by making false statements, also known as “straw purchasing” firearms, federal prosecutors said. Oryin McLeod, 23, admitted that he entered into an agreement with Rylan Peterson, 22, a native […]

The suspect was already a convicted felon in New York and Connecticut.

Binghamton man pleads guilty to gun and drug charges Chemung County

Albany felon pleads guilty to illegally possessing firearm New York State

Ulster County felon sentenced to 70 months for manufacturing illegal guns New York State

The suspect was already a convicted felon in New York and Connecticut.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Bram Fox, 44, of Kerhonkson, was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a rifle as a previously convicted felon, prosecutors said. U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman and John B. DeVito, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]

Louisiana man pleads guilty to sending firearms illegally to New York New York State

ALBANY, N.Y. — A Troy man pleaded guilty to stealing six firearms from a federally licensed dealer. In a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, it was announced that Michael C. McDermott, 30, admitted to forcing his way into the Glenmont Walmart while it was closed overnight, smashing the glass gun case, and stealing […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — A Catskill man is facing at least five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $1 million in a drug and firearms case, U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman said Thursday. Atniel Pagan, 24, pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, to possessing and intending to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, and […]