Corey Emery Jenkins, 35, of North Charleston, stood silent in a Charleston federal courtroom as a judge slammed the book on his criminal recklessness—12 months in federal prison for illegally possessing an arsenal of loaded firearms during a police raid.
Jenkins pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, a charge that carried extra weight given the firepower found inside his Russelldale Avenue apartment. On August 10, 2017, North Charleston police responded to reports of gun and drug trafficking—and were met at the door by Jenkins, gripping a loaded weapon and attempting to shut officers out. That moment sealed his fate.
Forcing entry, law enforcement secured a warrant and uncovered three loaded guns: a stolen Glock 9mm, a revolver modified to fire shotgun shells, and a full assault rifle. All were within reach, all ready to fire. Jenkins, barred from owning any firearm due to prior felony convictions, had turned his apartment into a personal war zone.
U.S. District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks handed down the maximum penalty allowed under Jenkins’ plea deal—12 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. There will be no early way out; the federal system doesn’t do parole. The sentence sends a clear message: armed felons will face the full force of Project CeaseFire.
The case was aggressively prosecuted under Project CeaseFire, South Carolina’s hardline version of the DOJ’s national Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative. The strategy targets violent offenders with federal muscle, combining ATF firepower with local law enforcement intelligence to dismantle gun crime at the source.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Schoen of the Charleston office led the prosecution, working alongside agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and North Charleston Police. Jenkins’ arrest wasn’t just a raid—it was a warning shot across the bow of the city’s underground gun trade.
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Key Facts
- State: South Carolina
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Weapons
- Source: Official Source ↗
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