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Yahoo
30-04-2025
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Springfield police locate 15-year-old boy
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield Police Youth Aid Bureau is asking for the public's assistance in locating a 15-year-old boy. Rare Civil War-era firearm allegedly stolen from Springfield Armory Osvaldo Negron was last seen in the area of Healey Street in Indian Orchard and may be in need of help, according to law enforcement. If you see Osvaldo or have any information regarding where he may be, contact Springfield Detectives at 413-787-6360 or the non-emergency line at 413-787-6300. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
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FBI seizes rare gun believed stolen from Springfield Armory
SPRINGFIELD — A rare antique rifle, one of only four of its kind manufactured at the Springfield Armory, is back in the hands of the U.S. government, according to court documents unsealed this week. The carbine that the Springfield Armory made as a possible gun for the U.S. Calvary in the years following the Civil War went missing from the armory's collection in Springfield years after the National Park Service began to manage the historical site, the FBI wrote in an affidavit filed in federal court. In October, an FBI agent told U.S. Magistrate Judge Katherine Robertson of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts that investigators believed they identified the gun and requested permission to seize it, which had been sold to a collector in 2021 for $5,000. The collector had allowed the FBI to study the firearm. In a motion filed this week, Carol E. Head, the assistant U.S. attorney who leads an asset recovery unit, wrote that the rifle — a model 1868 trapdoor saddle ring carbine — was in the government's possession. Head filed a forfeiture action in federal court Tuesday, which gives parties an opportunity to contest the government's seizure of the carbine. Started by George Washington during the Revolutionary War, the Springfield Armory manufactured firearms for the federal government until 1968. The gun was found to be missing from the Springfield Armory's collection during an inventory in 1985. It was known to be part of the collection in 1979. Throughout the years, federal officials received information about the rifle's whereabouts, the FBI affidavit said. For instance, in the 1990s, several collectors told the National Park Service that the gun was stolen and ended up in the hands of a collector by the name of Gerald Denning, who has since died. Along the way, parts of the rifle had been replaced and its serial number defaced. 'This information continued to be reported to NPS staff through 2002, and included information that to conceal (the rifle's) true identity and association to the Springfield Armory, the serial number had been obliterated, and the stock changed,' FBI Special Agent Pasquale Morra wrote in the affidavit. 'The reporting also claimed Denning did not wish to cooperate with law enforcement.' The rifle surfaced briefly in 2015 when a curator at the Springfield Armory learned that Denning's family was trying to sell it at a gun show in Baltimore. The FBI did not seek its recovery then, Morra wrote. After the collector purchased the gun in 2021, the FBI brought the rifle to its laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but it was unable to fully read the number stamped on the gun's butt, which had been marked over so the full number was illegible, the affidavit said. Next, the FBI brought the gun to a private university where it examined the serial number on the barrel with an electron scanning microscope, but the serial number was covered in metal solder. A curator with the Springfield Armory also examined the firearm and said the gun's trigger guard, lock plate, receiver and stock may have been switched out. While the Springfield Armory National Historic Site was closed to the public Tuesday, a National Park Service employee who answered the door said he did not know about the government's efforts to recover the rifle. He directed questions to Springfield Armory Historic Site Superintendent Kelly Fellner, who did not answer an emailed request for an interview. A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment while the legal proceedings are still pending. This is not the only historical object federal officials say was taken from the Springfield Armory. In March 2023, federal officials announced they recovered a percussion cap pistol that was taken from the museum in 1971. Months later, officials said they recovered 24 marksmanship medals that went missing in the 1990s. Holyoke schools' return to local control imperiled by same old receivership with new name, teachers' unions say Springfield to rename street to honor longtime South End leader Florian Springfield funeral home owner appointed to Police Commission Peter Pan Bus Lines' request for fuel storage tank in Springfield sparks debate Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
Rare Civil War-era firearm allegedly stolen from Springfield Armory
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture action to reclaim a historic firearm believed to have been stolen from the Springfield Armory several decades ago. Belchertown man sentenced to life for 2021 Springfield murder The firearm, a U.S. Springfield Model 1868 Style Trapdoor Saddle Ring Carbine bearing serial number 1444, is one of only four known to exist. The firearm was created in response to a U.S. Army request in 1869 for a breech-loading carbine suitable for cavalry use, though the model never advanced to mass production. Two of the four prototypes were housed in the Springfield Armory collection, one is held by the Smithsonian Institution, and the fourth is thought to be privately owned. In 1985, the National Park Service (NPS), which manages the Springfield Armory, discovered that one of the carbines was missing. Since then, suspicions circulated that the weapon may have ended up in the hands of private collectors. In 2023, federal authorities opened a formal investigation into the missing artifact. Despite attempts to obscure its identifying marks, investigators recovered a carbine that, based on evidence presented in a newly filed civil forfeiture complaint, is believed to be the same weapon stolen decades ago. Established in 1777 to supply the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, the Springfield Armory was transformed into a national historic landmark in 1974. Since 1866, the armory has operated a museum that collects and preserves military artifacts. It is a federal crime to steal, convert, or unlawfully sell government property. Through the civil forfeiture process, third parties can contest ownership before the government reclaims the property. If successful, the forfeiture would allow the carbine to be returned to the National Park Service. The forfeiture case is currently in its early stages, and the government must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the property is subject to forfeiture. 22News will continue to provide updates to this story as new information becomes available. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
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Hartford man indicted on alleged drug, gun charges
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford man was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of drug distribution and firearm possession. Ramon Luis Guzman, 54, was arrested Monday after the indictment was returned Thursday. Guzman pleaded not guilty, and was detained. New Haven man sentenced to 22 years in prison for gang activity On Sept. 27, 2024, a court-authorized search of Guzman's residence on Haddam Street in Hartford allegedly revealed what authorities called distribution quantities of fentanyl, phencyclidine (PCP), and cocaine, according to the Department of Justice. The search also allegedly discovered a Sig Sauer .40 caliber pistol, a Glock 9mm pistol affixed with a laser site, a Springfield Armory .45 caliber pistol and three loaded firearm magazines. Authorities also alleged that Guzman has a criminal history which included state felony convictions in Connecticut for multiple drug offense and a robbery offense. It is a federal crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm or ammunition that was moved across state or international borders. Guzman is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and quantities of PCP and cocaine, which carries a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years. Guzman was also charged with one count of possession of firearms and ammunition by a felon, an offense that carries a maximum term of 15 years in prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-03-2025
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Man allegedly tried to take Naperville cop's gun following high-speed chase, police say
Naperville police took a man into custody Friday night after he allegedly led them on a high-speed chase, tried to take an officer's gun and had to be shot multiple times with a stun gun to be subdued, officials said. Devante Gunn, 32, of Chicago, was also allegedly found to be carrying a loaded Springfield Armory XD 9mm handgun, according to a news release from the Naperville Police Department and the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office. Based on the evidence presented, DuPage County Judge Anthony Coco granted the state's motion that Gunn be held in the DuPage County jail while his case goes to trial, the release said. The incident began about 11:20 p.m. Friday when police pulled Gunn over at North Aurora Road near Route 59 because his vehicle had suspended registration plates. Initially he stopped and spoke to one of the officers but then fled — blowing out one of his tires after running over a spike strip another officer placed behind his car, the release said. Despite the tire damage, Gunn was able to allegedly drive at speeds of up to 68 mph in a 30-mph zone before stopping in an apartment complex parking lot on Fairway Drive and taking off on foot. When officers stopped him, he allegedly resisted arrest and had to be shot several times with a stun gun before being taken into custody, the release said. He also tried unsuccessfully to take an officer's holstered gun. Gunn has been charged with three felonies — attempting to disarm a peace officer, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon-no FOID and aggravated fleeing and eluding a peace officer — as well as four counts of misdemeanor resisting a police officer. 'It is alleged that the defendant in this case, Devante Gunn, in a complete defiance of the rule of law not only fled from officers in his vehicle and on foot, but also resisted officers' efforts to place him under arrest and attempted to grab an officer's service weapon,' State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. 'Naperville police, however, who are extremely well-trained, quickly and securely took Mr. Gunn into custody bringing an end to an incident that could have turned extremely dangerous very quickly.' Gunn's next court appearance is scheduled for March 31.
