National Releases — 2010
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December 31
- ATF St. Paul, MN — ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Metro Business Robberies
December 29
- ATF Washington, DC — ATF Issues Manufacturing Ruling
- ATF Nashville, TN — Two Texas Men Indicted for Conspiring to Buy Grenade Launcher
December 28
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Sentencing In Grampa’s Gunshop Burglary
December 23
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Rapid City Man Indicted on Drug Charges
December 22
- ATF Columbus Field Division — Man Receives 12-Year Sentence for Possession of Guns, Pipe Bomb Components, Making a False Passport Application and Aggravated Identity Theft
- ATF Columbus Field Division — Indianapolis Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Armed Robberies of Local Businesses
- ATF Houston Field Division — Odem Resident Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges
December 21
- ATF Baltimore, MD — 18th Street Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Obstruct a Criminal Investigation and Proceeding
December 20
- ATF Nashville, TN — Former Metro Nashville Police Officer Convicted of Making False Statements to a Firearms Dealer
- ATF Los Angeles, CA — Moreno Valley Gang Member Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Charges
December 17
- ATF Atlanta, GA — Drug Dealers Who Attempted to Trade Machine Gun and Assault Weapons for Drugs Sentenced in Federal Court
- ATF Seattle, WA — Seattle Man Sentenced to Long Prison Term for Running Drug Distribution Conspiracy While Incarcerated
- ATF Seattle, WA — Seattle Man Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison For Drug and Gun Crimes
- ATF New Orleans, LA — Jury Finds Thompson and Baggett Guilty of Firearms Charges
December 16
- ATF Dallas, TX — Federal Grand Jury Indicts Dallas Man on Firearm Charge
- ATF Los Angeles, CA — Orange County, State, and Federal Law Enforcement Take Down White Supremacist Prison and Street Gangs in Largest Sweep of Its Kind
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Felon (from Idaho) Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm
December 15
- ATF San Francisco, CA — Salinas Task Force Seizes Assault Weapons, Arrests Firearms Traffickers
- ATF San Francisco, CA — Southern California Man Convicted of Tobacco Excise Tax Fraud
- ATF Washington, DC — District Heights Felon Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison on Drug and Gun Offenses
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Duluth felon pleads guilty to possessing a firearm
December 14
- ATF Columbus, OH — Last Defendant Sentenced in Evansville/Chicago Drug and Firearms Trafficking Indictment
December 10
- ATF Miami, FL — 132 Individuals Indicted for Drug Trafficking in the Municipality of San Juan
- ATF Seattle, WA — Monroe Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Weapons Charges
December 8
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Red Lake felon indicted for possessing two firearms
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Two armed career criminals charged under the Hobbs Act for using firearms to rob a Dunn Bros coffee shop
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Robbinsdale man indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, marijuana
- ATF Baltimore, MD — ATF National Response Team Activated to Investigate Baltimore City Fire
- ATF Seattle, WA — Six Anchorage Drug Dealers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charge
December 7
- ATF Los Angeles, CA — Operation Eastern Encore Takes Down Indio Gang Members
- ATF Boston, MA — New Bedford Defendant is Sentenced in Firearm Offense
December 6
- ATF Dallas, TX — Dallas Man, Associated with Local Street Gang, Faces 20 Years in Federal Prison, Without Parole, For Shooting a Federal Agent
- ATF Seattle, WA — Kitsap County Repeat Offender Sentenced to Long Prison Term for Drug Dealing
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Nine indicted on charges related to crack cocaine trafficking
December 3
- ATF St. Paul, MN — Federal Jury Convicts Armed Career Criminal for Possessing a .22 Caliber Revolver
- ATF Columbus, OH — Morrow County Couple Charged with Growing More than 1,000 Marijuana Plants, Discharging Firearm
- ATF Los Angeles, CA — Grand Jury indictment for George Djura Jakubec with eight counts relating to the unlawful manufacture and possession of destructive devices at his Escondido, California residence
- ATF New Orleans, LA — Arkansas Man Arrested in Connection with Explosive Device Left at Polling Place in Carroll County, Arkansas
December 2
- ATF Boston, MA — New Britain Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Stolen Firearm
- ATF Boston, MA — Hartford man Sentenced to More Than 12 years in Prison for Crack Distribution, Illegal Gun Sales
December 1
- ATF Los Angeles, CA — Joint LAPD - ATF Investigation Into Illegal Gun sales Leads to Indictment of Nine on Federal Weapons Charges
- ATF Baltimore, MD — Latin Kings Leader Sentenced To Over 21 Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy
- ATF Boston, MA — Jury Finds Milford Man Guilty of Making Grenades, Selling Guns Intended for White Supremacist Group
November 30
- ATF St. Paul, MN — California Man Indicted on Drug and Firearm
November 29
- ATF Seattle, WA — Boise Gang Member Sentenced for Gun Crime
- ATF Newark, NJ — Camden Drug Dealer Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Possession
November 22
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Launces Text-Based Crime Tip Submission System
- ATF Atlanta, GA — ATF Offers $10K Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
November 19
- ATF Seattle, WA — Olympia Man Arrested for Selling Guns to Felon
November 18
- ATF Denver, CO — William Michael Lapp, Jr. Sentenced in U.S. District Court
November 5
- ATF Houston — ATF Angleton Man Sentenced for Making False Threats
- Department of Justice — ATF Implements Justice Financial System
October 22
- ATF Houston, TX — ATF Houston Salvage Yard Owner Convicted of Heroin Trafficking Charges
October 6
- ATF Houston, TX — ATF Humble, Texas Man Sentenced for Role in Liberty County Gun Case
September 24
- ATF Headquarters — ATF National Firearms Examiner Academy Graduates Class of 2009–2010
September 17
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Announces 7 New Gunrunner Groups and Phoenix Gun Runner Impact Teams’ Successes
August 12
- Department of Justice — New Congressional Funding to Enhance Department of Justice Southwest Border Strategy
June 30
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Rounds Up Street Gang Members Nationally
June 18
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Warns Consumers: Illegal Explosives Devices Are Not Fireworks
June 3
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Decision-Making Authority Regarding Denial, Suspension, Revocation, or Civil Fine of Federal Firearms Licensees
April 23
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Canine Handlers Train Mexican Law Enforcement
April 7
- ATF Headquarters — ATF, U.S. Attorney, and Firearms Industry Join Forces to Stop the Illegal Purchases of Firearms in El Paso and Las Cruces
March 30
- ATF Headquarters — United States, Belgium Sign eTrace Agreement
March 8
- ATF Headquarters — ATF’s Bomb Arson Tracking System Endorsed by IAAI and IABTI
January 20
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Announces Final Rule on Storage of Shock Tube With Detonators
- ATF Headquarters — ATF National Response Team Activated to Hoover, Alabama
January 8
- ATF Headquarters — ATF Publishes 2009 List of Explosive Materials Subject to Law