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Unlicensed Arms Dealer Sentenced For Selling To Undercover Agent In Baltimore: Feds Unlicensed Arms Dealer Sentenced For Selling To Undercover Agent In Baltimore: Feds
Unlicensed Arms Dealer Sentenced For Selling To Undercover Agent In Baltimore: Feds An unlicensed arms dealer is heading to prison for selling to undercover agents in Baltimore, federal authorities announced Wednesday, Feb. 14. Mark Ryals, 35, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlicensed dealing in firearms, US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland Maryland Erek L. Barron said in a joint release. The investigation began in early July 2021, when authorities learned that Ryals was illegally selling firearms from his Baltimore home. He was asked the same month by an undercover law enforceme…
Final Cherry Hill Gang Member Admits To Racketeering Conspiracy In Maryland: DOJ Final Cherry Hill Gang Member Admits To Racketeering Conspiracy In Maryland: DOJ
Final Cherry Hill Gang Member Admits To Racketeering Conspiracy In Maryland: DOJ A Cherry Hill Gang member in Maryland has become the latest to admit to his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of a person mistakenly believed to be a rival gang member, federal officials announced. Travis “Sticks” Alewine, 30, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his membership in the “Hillside” gang, operating in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek Barron said that the ”Hillside” gang “distributed powder and crack cocaine, heroin, oxyc…