Illegal firearm articles
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Booming illegal firearms market in North worrisome, says Ribadu
The National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday, expressed concern about what he described as the booming illegal firearms market in the North. This was as he decried the high level of poverty in northern Nigeria, saying the North-West was worst hit. Ribadu expressed the concerns while speaking at the convocation Read More
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Neosho man charged with illegal possession of firearms and child sex crime
NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. — A Neosho man convicted of domestic assault is now charged with illegal possession of firearms and a child sex crime. Police arrested Joseph Taylor, 40, last week after a woman reported seeing him have inappropriate sexual contact with a ten-year-old child. Court records say the woman caught Taylor in the act []
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Republic man pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking, owning illegal firearms
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A man from Republic, Missouri is facing a minimum of 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court to trafficking fentanyl and owning illegal firearms. 34-year-old Tonikko Fewell pleaded guilty on Monday before a U.S. federal judge to two counts of possessing and intending to distribute fentanyl, one count []