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Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Friday that two Anchorage men were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for their roles in the December 4, 2019 armed robbery of an Anchorage Wells Fargo Bank branch on Debarr Rd.
Totoe Opeti Sakaria, Jr., 24, and co-defendant, Brandon David McDonald, 24, both of Anchorage, were indicted by the grand jury in December 2019 for their roles in the armed robbery and have been detained without bail since December 10, 2019. Sakaria pleaded guilty to bank robbery and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in October 2020 and was sentenced Thursday to 126 months in prison. McDonald pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to bank robbery in October 2020 and was sentenced Friday to 28 months in prison.
DOJ Reports Mexican National Residing in Turlock, California Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison on Gun Charge Published: Sunday, 07 February 2021 05:57
February 7, 2021 - FRESNO, Calif. Fernando Valencia, 31, of Turlock, was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor
W. Scott announced.
According to court documents, on Oct. 30, 2019, Valencia was in possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle in Turlock. He was previously convicted of multiple felonies, including a violent assault, and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. At the time of Valencia’s arrest, he was on federal probation in the Southern District of California following a 2014 conviction.
California Man Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison for Orchestrating Firearms Trafficking Ring Details Written by Imperial Valley News
Fresno, California - Rafael Sanchez, Jr., 41, of Hanford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to seven years and three months in prison for orchestrating a large-scale firearms trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
According to court documents, between April 2016 and March 2018, while residing in Hanford, Sanchez identified firearms available for purchase in Tennessee with the assistance of various co-conspirators residing there. Sanchez transferred money to the Tennessee co-conspirators, who used the money to purchase, package and ship the firearms to Sanchez in California. With the assistance of others, Sanchez identified California-based purchasers and offered to sell and sold to them the firearms he received from the Tennessee co-conspirators. Neither Sanchez nor the six ch
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A Forest Hill man was charged by criminal complaint with illegal possession of an unregistered firearm. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
FOREST HILL, MD A Forest Hill man has been charged with illegal possession of an unregistered firearm after authorities searched his home in connection with vandalism at a Bel Air church.
Blaine Kenneth Kluge, 25, was charged by criminal complaint Jan. 28. It was unsealed after he was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 3, prosecutors said.
Officers executed a search warrant at Kluge s home in the 1900 block of Pleasantville Road Oct. 30, 2019, for evidence after a burglary that police said occurred at Bel Air United Methodist Church Sept. 14, 2019.