Official Twitter account for the ATF Seattle Field Division, which covers Alaska, Hawai’i, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and the U.S. Pacific territories.
Seattle, WA
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BREAKING 🚨 ATF Special Agents from both our Eugene and Portland Field Offices are responding to Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, OR, after a reports of an active shooter. Media inquiries should be directed to the Bend Police Department, the primary investigating agency.
YAKIMA, WA
During a long-term ATF investigation into the various criminal enterprises run by La Nuestra Familia, Hugo Enrique Davadi was identified as one of the most significant drug traffickers in the Yakima Valley.
Davadi will serve 12 years in federal prison stemming from his conviction for Distribution of Fentanyl.
A Maui jury has found found Clembert Kaneholani guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Maui police officer.
Last summer, Officer Suzanne O, 37, was fatally shot while responding to a trespassing call. ATF responded to assist Maui PD with firearm examination, urgent tracing, and NIBIN submissions. An ATF-trained K-9 also responded to search for evidence.
Kaneholani is eligible for the maximum penalties under the law, and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
MEDFORD, OR
Matthew Bertrand pled guilty last week to possessing a firearm he stole in a 2024 burglary. Bertrand is a felon, having been previously convicted five other times for burglary and theft. Bertrand faces a maximum of life with a mandatory minimum of fifteen years’ imprisonment as an armed career criminal. @MedfordPoliceOR @CentralPointPD @USAO_OR
After a gang-style shooting tragically claimed the life of a 14-year-old, @ATFHQ and @MosesLakePD's Street Crimes Unit initiated Operation 11th Hour, a collaborative effort to reduce violent crime in Eastern Washington.
With the combined forces of several local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, ATF Operation 11th Hour resulted in: 54 federal search warrants, 37 state search warrants, the seizure of 25 firearms, and a total of 42 defendants. Click for more ⬇️ @DEASEATTLEDiv @FBI @IRS_CI
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FAIRBANKS, AK
Mason Lanon, 23, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for carrying a machinegun during a drug trafficking crime.
In 2025, firearms recovered at multiple crime scenes were linked to Lanon. During the investigation, law enforcement conducted controlled purchases from Lanon, including the purchase of a firearm with a suspected machinegun conversion device (MCD) installed. At that time, Lanon was also carrying a second firearm with an MCD installed.
Kennard Hinano Boyd Kekona of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced to 10 yeras in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and carfentanil.
Kekona is one of eleven defendants charged for crimes related to the operation of a trans-Pacific drug trafficking network. The investigation yielded seizures of more than 150 pounds of methamphetamine, several kilos of fentanyl and carfentanil, eight firearms, ammo, and over $150,000 in cash.
ATF Seattle retweeted
ARRESTED AND SEIZED: The DEA Yakima Resident Office and @BureauIndAffrs, with the assistance of @ATF_Seattle @HSISeattle@WapatoPolice @yakimapolice SWAT, and the Yakama Nation Police Department, arrested a major meth and cocaine trafficker operating on the Yakama Nation Reservation. Along with two arrests, investigators seized meth, cocaine, 12 firearms, cash, 5 cars, and property.
@DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept
ALT Firearms, drugs, and cash seized on Tuesday.
ALT Firearm with ornate handle containing the image of Santa Muerte, frequently associated with drug trafficking organizations.
Spokane, WA
Jackson Brown, 40, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Brown was identified as a drug trafficker during a crime reduction emphasis in Grant County. Brown ultimately sold a confidential informant and undercover agent fentanyl and methamphetamine during recorded transactions.
@MosesLakePD @USAO_EDWA
A federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment charging Fredy Avila Gomez with Unlawful Possession of Firearm, False Statement During Purchase of Firearm, Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, False Statement of Citizenship in Order to Vote, and more. According to court records, Gomez knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme to defraud departments and agencies of the United States and Idaho.
Aaron Farinacci has been indicted by a federal grand jury for starting the Old Trails fire in the Spokane area on August 1, 2026.
ATF has been working alongside our state partners. The investigation is active and ongoing.
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We remember those we lost. We grieve with their families. We honor those who served then and still today. #NeverForget
PORTLAND, Ore.
A Mexican National who was a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration status was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for trafficking firearms.
ATF investigators learned that Vincente Cortes Quiroz, 37, acquired over 120 firearms in Oregon since 2014 from licensed firearms dealers. Quiroz lied by stating he was a U.S. citizen on many of the firearm purchase forms.
A federal grand jury in Medford, OR, returned an indictment charging Michael Beugli, 32, with possessing firearms while being a convicted felon.
In February, a witness saw Beugli throwing firearms out of his residence. Beugli fled the area, but law enforcement located nine guns and additional homemade silencer's at Beugli's residence.
Just one month later, Beugli sent threatening messages to the witness, and on March 25th, ATF responded to an explosive device detonating in a car at the witness's residence.
