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27-05-2025
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Salvadoran from Long Branch charged by feds with carrying guns following gunfire incident
A Salvadoran man last living in Long Branch has been arrested and charged with possessing firearms as an undocumented alien and detained, federal authorities said.. Jose Manuel Menjivar Viera, 35, was initially arrested by Long Branch police following a gunfire incident in the city on Dec. 11. At 3 a.m. that Wednesday, several 911 callers reported shots being fired in an unidentified neighborhood. Police arriving at the scene saw a man riding a bicycle and carrying a large black bag. He appeared to be struggling to pedal the bike because of the size and weight of the bag, according to the federal complaint. When officers pursued him, the man later identified as Menjivar Viera dropped the bike and bag and fled. When police found the bag, they saw the butt of a rifle sticking out of it, the complaint said. Inside the bag there were two firearms, an Anderson AM-15 semi-automatic rifle and a loaded Walther P-22 semi-automatic pistol, as well as firearm magazines, ammunition and a machete, the complaint said. Police at the scene said the AM-15 smelled like it had just been fired, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigator said in an affidavit. Police searched the property where Menjivar Viera was last seen. They found him hiding in the bed of a pickup truck next door, according to the complaint. Menjivar Viera admitted to police to carrying the bag, saying he was transporting it for a person who told him to bring it to a third individual, according to the complaint. He also told police he left El Salvador and came to the Unites States two years prior. Following an investigation by ICE that included verifying Menjivar Viera's identity with, and obtaining his fingerprints from, the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador, he was arrested by federal agents May 16 when he also made his first court appearance. according to court records. His attorney, a federal public defender, did not immediately return a call. The charge he faces carries a maximum potential penalty of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Ken Serrano covers crime, breaking news and investigations. Reach him at 732-643-4029 or kserrano@ This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Long Branch Salvadoran man charged by feds with possession of guns
Yahoo
18-04-2025
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Suspected gang member arrested for threatening juvenile with gun
GOSHEN — A Goshen man who is accused of threatening a juvenile with a gun outside the boy's home has received a July court date. Daniel Ledesma Reyes, 19, faces charges including intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony, after his arrest this month. He is also charged with pointing a firearm at a person, a Level 6 felony, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He was booked in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility on $100,000 bond. Ledesma Reyes was given a preliminary jury trial date of July 7 during his initial hearing in Elkhart County Circuit Court on April 10. According to court documents: The victim, who is under age 18, told police that he first saw Ledesma Reyes in line at a convenience store shortly before the April 3 incident. He said the man was trying to buy a lighter but was refused because he didn't have an ID card to prove his age. He said while he was walking home, a vehicle pulled up in front of his house and the man from the store asked him if he 'banged.' When he didn't answer, the man pulled out a silver and black handgun and said, 'Oh, it's worth dying over?' he told police. He said the vehicle sped away after he denied any gang involvement. He gave police a description of what the man was wearing, which included a black jacket. Police viewed security footage from the convenience store. The clerk pointed out the shopper who tried to buy a lighter, a man in a black jacket whom police recognized as Ledesma Reyes from his suspected ties to local gangs. Investigators also obtained an image of the vehicle, a blue Chevrolet Malibu with tinted windows, from a neighbor's doorbell camera. A vehicle of that description was caught by a FLOCK camera half a mile south of the victim's residence, which gave police a license plate that was registered to a Roxbury Park address. The vehicle was captured by camera again that night, and police were able to find it and conduct a traffic stop in the 900 block of West Lincoln Avenue. They found Ledesma Reyes behind the wheel and questioned him, but he denied stopping at the victim's residence or speaking with him. Police found two handguns in the vehicle, including a silver and black AM-15 pistol that Ledesma Reyes identified as his. There were 15 rounds in a 60-round magazine attached to the AR-15-style pistol, as well as two spent casings in an attached catcher, according to police. A plastic bag containing 2.76 grams of suspected marijuana was also found in the vehicle, according to police.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
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KC man pleads guilty to federal gun charge from Chiefs' Super Bowl parade shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to federal firearm charges connected to the . According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, by pleading guilty, Fedo Antonia Manning admitted that he knowingly and willfully joined in an agreement to sell firearms to individuals who were prohibited from possessing them under federal law. Kansas daycare workers plead guilty to infant abuse charges Federal prosecutors noted Manning was not among the shooters at Union Station on Feb. 14, 2024 as Chiefs fans celebrated. Charging documents do say, however, that 12 people pulled firearms and at least six fired their weapons. One woman, , was killed, and over 20 were injured. Court records say Manning purchased the AM-15 from Frontier Justice in Lee's Summit in 2022. The loaded pistol was found along the wall with a backpack next to two AR-15-style firearms and backpacks. Because the pistol was in the 'fire' position and there were 26 live rounds in the magazine, which is capable of holding 30 rounds, several rounds may have been fired before it was discarded. Prosecutors say he has illegally trafficked dozens of firearms. Law enforcement found 15 of the firearms Manning purchased in the possession of someone who is prohibited from having one, according to prosecutors. Officials say they have also recovered other firearms that Manning purchased in connection to other crimes. According to the plea agreement, the conspirators trafficked at least 22 firearms to persons who were known felons or they sold firearms that were converted into unregistered machineguns in violation of federal law. Manning agreed that his role in the conspiracy was to serve as a straw purchaser. He bought firearms from federal firearms licensees so that they could later be sold by co-conspirators to individuals who were prohibited from possessing firearms. Between May 11, 2022, and Jan. 13, 2023, investigators discovered that Manning purchased at least 40 firearms from federal firearms licensees. In the plea agreement, he acknowledged that at least seven of the firearms that he purchased were recovered during investigations of crimes in the Kansas City area. In February 2024, the Jackson County prosecutor charged , with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android Charging documents say Miller and Mays attended the parade and rally armed with firearms. Court records say Mays got in an argument with someone else after the rally. Evidence so far doesn't show any previous contact or prior knowledge between these two people, Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
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KC man pleads guilty after selling machine gun, ammunition to undercover agent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court for possessing and transferring three machine gun conversion devices. Demetrius Harris, also known as 'Meech,' pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of illegally possessing machine guns, an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 multi-caliber firearm with an AR-type machine gun conversion device and two AR-type machine gun conversion devices. Kansas City man charged with murdering woman in potential drug deal gone wrong Court documents say on Jan. 24, 2024, Harris sold an AR-style firearm containing an auto sear, two additional auto sears, and ammunition to an undercover agent for $1,060. Last November, Demetrius and his brother Darius R. Harris, also known as 'D' and 'D2,' 22, of Raytown, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Those indictments were unsealed and made public following the arrests and initial court appearances of both suspects. Darius Harris was charged with two counts of illegally possessing and transferring a Glock-type machine gun conversion device on two separate occasions, on Oct. 30, 2023, and on Nov. 9, 2023. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox According to the Department of Justice, machine gun conversion devices, also known as 'switches' or 'auto sears,' are used to convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns that fire multiple shots automatically through a single pull of the trigger, enabling more rapid and often less accurate gunfire. The DOJ said whether or not they are attached to a firearm, these devices constitute machine guns under federal law. It is therefore illegal to possess, sell, or use machine gun conversion devices. A sentencing hearing for Demetrius Harris will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
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2 in Cleveland accused of trying to send guns to cartel
TAMPA, Florida (WKBN) – Two men from Cleveland are facing federal charges after investigations say they tried to send firearms to the cartel in Mexico. Yarquimedes Rodriguez Hilario, 32, and Adison Lopez-Ramirez, 34, were indicted Tuesday on charges of money laundering and conspiring to traffic firearms. The charges are in connection with a larger scheme to provide firearms to the Mexican cartel. Undercover ATF agents posing as cartel members met with Rodriguez Hilario under the guise of buying firearms to smuggle into Mexico. Some of the firearms included AR-15s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Mac-10-type machine guns, and AM-15 multi-caliber firearms and were delivered by Lopez-Ramirez, investigators said. One of the coconspirators described that he sold AR-15s and AK-47s to El Salvadorans and had cocaine available for distribution. Rodriguez Hilario further offered fentanyl to one of the agents to make pills, investigators said. Rodriguez Hilario's brother, Yuendry, was sentenced in March 2024 to 13 years and 4 months in prison in connection with the case, and in November 2024, another coconspirator, Saleh Yusuf Saleh, was sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
