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Dobyns became a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in 1987. [2] On November 19, 1987, less than a week after beginning operational duty, he was taken hostage at gunpoint in a trailer park near Tucson Airport while serving an arrest warrant on Brent Provestgaard, a convicted felon who had recently been released from prison.
The operation began in the 4700 block of 11th Ave. where the suspect briefly got away after agents attempted to apprehend him, according to police. Guns and drugs seized in joint operation ...
Gun violence: Six Columbus area gun shops are on a 2023 list of 1,300 nationwide that each sold at least 25 guns traced to crimes. ATF list shows 6 Columbus stores that sold 25+ guns traced to ...
In order to get a security clearance, all potential ATF Special Agents must pass a detailed series of Single Scope Background Investigations (SSBI). ATF Special Agents consistently rank at the top or near the top of all federal agencies in cases referred for prosecution, arrests made, and average time per defendant on an annual basis. [54]
One 20-year veteran of ATF's Tucson office told us that before Operation Wide Receiver, all of ATF's trafficking cases were very similar in their simplicity: ATF would get a tip from an FFL [Federal Firearms Licensee] [25] about a buyer who wanted a large number of firearms and information about when the transaction was scheduled to take place, and would set up surveillance and arrest the ...
Jaylen Fisher was 18 when he was shot around 4:20 p.m. on March 1, 2022, outside a gas station on East Livingston Avenue, according to the lawsuit filed in February in U.S. District Court in Columbus.
The Waco siege in 1993 was a failed raid by the ATF that resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians. The FBI and US military became involved with the 51-day siege that followed. The building housing the Davidians was burnt down, killing 76 of them, including 26 children.
Jalen Bradley, 21, says in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Columbus police officers fired multiple shots at him while he was trying to protect himself. Man paralyzed in Short North police shooting ...