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Former Ohio sheriff’s Maj. Eric Spicer, was found guilty on two of seven counts relating to the illegal acquisition and possession of a HK416 machine gun.

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A federal jury is now weighing the case of former Ohio sheriff's Maj. Eric Spicer, who is accused of seven counts relating to the illegal acquisition and possession of a HK416 machine gun.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry lost his right to carry a concealed firearm after being indicted Friday on two felony counts of abuse of power. While under his indictment, Perry is not allowed to carry a concealed firearm in a public place, and according to federal law 18 USC 922(n), he’s also legally prohibited from buying […]

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry turned himself over to authorities Tuesday afternoon to be booked and have his mugshot taken at the Travis County Justice Center. A grand jury indicted Perry last Friday on two felony counts of abuse of power.

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Deputy Jarrod Dooley was fired last month after shooting a dog during a burglary call. Two short weeks later he has been indicted on a felony animal cruelty charge, and if convicted, faces two years in prison.

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The deputy found himself on the ATF's radar for the machine gun purchase following a shootout earlier this year. Suspicions solidified when agents raided his house in March. They seized the machine gun in question, at which point Spicer lied to agents and said he was a police officer at the Jackson Township Police Department.

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A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to death and was scheduled to be executed last Thursday for the 1999 shooting murder of her husband that her son confessed to. Michelle Byrom, 56, her son Edward Byrom Jr., and his friend Joey Gillis, were all charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy against the late Edward Byrom Sr. […]

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