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San Francisco police seize 21 illegal guns, arrest 4

November 23, 2021 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police arrested four people and seized 21 illegal weapons, ammunition and drugs after serving search warrants at two San Francisco homes last week, authorities said Monday.

Federal and local agencies identified social media accounts listing firearms for sale and worked together in the investigation that led to two residences, the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said in statements.

San Jose community officer faces FBI probe, weapons charges

October 23, 2021 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A community service officer for San Jose has been charged with gun-related crimes after the FBI linked him to online comments advocating the killing of police officers.

Denis Shevchenko, 40, was charged this week with three misdemeanor counts of illegal weapons possession after police searched his home and found at least nine firearms, including an illegally modified assault rifle.

Fugitive charged with killing boyfriend arrested in Missouri

September 14, 2021 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a woman who is charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend one week after she was accused of disabling her electronic monitoring device and fleeing.

Sheriff: Hundreds of guns seized from home, arrests expected

August 10, 2021 GMT

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Deputies seized 337 firearms from a Clackamas County home in late July and arrests in connection with the seizure are expected, authorities said.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday that the cache of illegal weapons seized in late July included machine guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and high-capacity magazines, KGW reported.

Tanks but no tanks! German fined for WWII weapons arsenal

August 3, 2021 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a tank, a flak cannon and multiple other items of World War II-era military equipment.

Canadian man pleads guilty to illegal weapons charge

June 23, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Canadian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to transporting 67 illegal guns in a rented truck that was pulled over on Interstate 94 in northwestern Minnesota earlier this year.

Dayne Sitladeen, 29, was a passenger in a truck that was pulled over near Fergus Falls in January for driving close to 100 mph, authorities said.

Napa man with illegal weapons, pipe bombs charged

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZJanuary 28, 2021 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California man has been charged with stockpiling weapons, including pipe bombs, U...

Mexico, US set up border inspections to stem flow of guns

December 21, 2019 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials met Friday to establish inspection points to stop the flow of illegal weapons across their shared border...