Four Additional Defendants Sentenced on A-PVP (A.K.A. “Gravel” or “Flakka”) Conspiracy Charges Ronnie Lee Shelton, and Brenda Lee Bolton, Eric Matthew Vance, and Geri Kim Ward, were sentenced to federal prison terms of 235 months, 95 months, 135 months and 78 months respectively. These sentences were a result of their roles in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina.  Follow ATF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ATFHQ or @ATFHQ

Heroin User Sentenced to Incarceration for Straw Purchasing Handguns Michael Nolting, was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.  Nolting had pled guilty to making false statements to a licensed firearms dealer in the acquisition of a firearm. Follow ATF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ATFHQ or @ATFHQ

Rochester Man Charged with Firebombing Store Taj Williams, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with causing or attempting to cause malicious damage or destruction, by means of fire or explosives, of a building used in interstate commerce. Follow ATF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ATFHQ or @ATFHQ