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Feds: International fraud ring posed as Navy official to steal TVs
The first of nine defendants is slated to be sentenced on Feb. 24.
By Carl Prine
Latest "U.S. District Judge George Hazel" stories
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Coast Guard officer appeals prison sentence
He pleaded guilty in October to possessing unregistered and unserialized silencers, being a drug addict in possession of firearms and illegal possession of tramadol, an opioid painkiller.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge: Coast Guard officer plotted mass murder ‘to act out his white nationalist views’
The pill-popping ex-Marine drew a stiff sentence.
Judge refuses to toss Coast Guard officer’s gun charges
The judge ruled a silencer is a firearm accessory, not a weapon in and of itself, and therefore isn't a "bearable arm" protected by the Second Amendment.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Coastie accused of plotting terror attacks wants gun charges dropped
But a federal prosecutor contends other courts already have held that the Second Amendment doesn't cover silencers.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge blocks release of Coast Guardsman called ‘terrorist’
A federal judge in Maryland on Monday blocked the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press