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NRT members and Amarillo Fire Marshals look over the scene of a fire that destroyed a commercial building in Amarillo, TX, on April 18, 2012

NRT members and Amarillo Fire Marshals look over the scene of a fire that destroyed a commercial building in Amarillo, TX, on April 18, 2012

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May 18

  • Headquarters – ATF Explosives Detection Canine Teams Help Chicago Prepare for NATO Summit
  • Tampa, FL – Pines Crack Dealer, Who Sold Uzi to Undercover Law Enforcement, Sentenced to Fifteen Years

May 16

  • Kansas City, MO – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Wichita Mosque Arson

May 11

  • Washington, DC – ATF Washington Field Division Agents Receive Prestigious Top Cops Award
  • St. Paul, MN – ATF Agents Receive Prestigious Top Cop Award

May 7

  • Charlotte, NC – ATF In The Carolinas Gets New Leadership
  • St. Paul, MN – 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, DC – Richmond Man Sentenced to More Than 38 Years for His Role in 11 Commercial Robberies in the Richmond Area
  • Los Angeles, CA – 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, CA – ATF Accelerant Detection K–9 Rosie Retires After Responding to 960 Fires During Her Career

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