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January 7, 2021 - New Dallas Field Division News Release:Man Who Sold Midland/Odessa Shooter AR-15 Used in Massacre Sentenced for Unlicensed Firearms Dealing

The man who sold the AR-15 used to gun down 32 people in Midland and Odessa, Texas has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Marcus Anthony Braziel, 45, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty in October to one count of dealing firearms without a license and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.

December 30, 2020 - New Philadelphia Field Division Press Release: Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Weapons, Including ‘Ghost Guns,’ Near Schools

PHILADELPHIA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Matthew Stephens, 52, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 151 months in prison and ten years of supervised release by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle III for his role in a scheme to traffic pounds of methamphetamine, several dozen firearms, machine gun conversion devices, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition between 2017 and 2019.

December 23, 2020 - New Nashville Field Division Press Release: Convicted Felon Sentenced to 12 Years for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime

Memphis, TN - Joseph Morris, 39, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

December 23, 2020 - Notice of Withdrawal: Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with "Stabillizing Braces" (2020R-10W)
ATF is announcing the withdrawal of a notice and request for comments entitled “Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ‘Stabilizing Braces’,” that was published on December 18, 2020. This Notice of Withdrawal was sent to the Federal Register on December 23, 2020.
December 14, 2020 - New Tampa Field Division Press Release: Career Offender Sentenced to 10 Years for Narcotics Sales and Possessing Firearms

Tampa, Florida– Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Michael Bernard Lawson (38, Sarasota) to 10 years in federal prison for distributing cocaine base (“crack cocaine”) and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Lawson to forfeit the firearms.

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