Official Twitter account of the ATF Dallas Field Division. We serve communities throughout north and west Texas, southeast New Mexico and all of Oklahoma.
Joel Lewis of Oklahoma City has been sentenced to serve 120 months in prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm after shooting OKCPD Officer Lewis in 2021.
@ATFDallas
&
@OKCPD
investigated.
#DYK
? When a person tries to buy a firearm from a Federal Firearms Licensee, the FFL contacts the FBI, not ATF, to perform the NICS background check. Since launching in 1998, 300 million+ checks have been done, leading to 1.5 million+ denials. More at .
ATF is the only U.S. government agency with fire & arson investigation as part of its core mission. The programs supporting that mission – explosives, fire, K-9 & response team operations – fall under
@ATF_NCETR
. Read more at .
#WeAreATF
Our condolences go out to North Richland Hills Police Department and the family and friends of Assistant Chief Kevin Linn Palmer, who died from a medical emergency after completing a mandatory fitness test. He served with the department for 20 years.
#LODD
#EOW
@ATFDallas
ATF wishes everyone a safe and happy Independence Day! Remember to practice caution when using fireworks as part of your celebration. See more tips at .
#CelebrateSafely
#ATF
“As this arrest proves, we weren’t joking a few weeks ago when we told you that we were coming for you. The possession or importation of machine gun conversion devices will eventually lead to a visit by ATF or any of our law enforcement partners" said ATF Dallas SAC Jeff Boshek.
A man who allegedly imported Glock switches from China has been charged with a federal firearm crime.
Between 2023 and 2024, approx. 35 suspicious packages were allegedly delivered to Joshua Menjivar’s address.
w/
@ATFDallas
#OperationTexasKillSwitch
Rahimi was originally prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Gatto. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian McKay, Chief of the District’s Appellate Division, and Tiffany Eggers, Chief of the District’s Criminal Division, provided post-conviction support.
A half-inch piece of plastic is making Texas much more dangerous. It’s called a machine gun conversion device, or “switch.”
Read the Texas U.S. Attorneys' joint
@Statesman
op-ed here: w/
@USAO_SDTX
,
@USAO_EDTX
,
@USAO_WDTX
“I have been in this business for a long time, and nothing scares me more than the rapid flood of machine gun conversion devices on the streets of Texas and beyond” stated ATF Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek II.
@ATFDallas
@NDTXnews
Today, U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton and her colleagues in the Southern, Eastern, & Western Districts of Texas announced “Operation Texas Kill Switch,” a statewide initiative targeting illegal machinegun conversion devices, also known as “switches.”
@ATFDallas
Muskogee Field Office needs your help in locating the person(s) responsible for a triple fatality fire that occurred in Okmulgee, OK. Up to $5000 reward for info leading to an arrest. Call 888-ATF-TIPS.
Each photo tells a story of tragedy and loss at the “Faces of Gun Violence” exhibit, which consists of a wall and digital kiosk. The photos will stay up for one year, until another 118 photographs take their place at next year's Gun Violence Survivors' Summit.
Today marks the 29th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. ATF honors the 168 lives lost, including 19 children and eight federal law enforcement officers, and those who survived this domestic act of terrorism.
#ATF
Did you know that being a felon in possession of ammunition can send you to federal prison? Bobby Wells Jr of Durant did, and still chose to. He will have 70 months to think about his choices.
@ATFDallas
, Durant PD, & SE State University PD partnered.
235 months ÷ 12= 19 ½ years in prison for William Hollars. Strangling, chasing, striking, dragging-words used to describe terrible fiction, but for Mr. Hollars victim it was reality.
@ATFDallas
, Chickasaw Lighthorse PD,
@OHPDPS
, &
@USAO_EDOK
investigated.
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