Demarkis Addison, Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon, Mississippi 2019

Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Handgun as Felon in Mississippi

Demarkis Addison, 33, of Jackson, has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in a federal court in Mississippi.

According to court records, Addison was observed getting into a car at America’s Best Inn on Interstate 55 in Jackson on February 6, 2019. Task Force Officers from the United States Marshals approached the man to determine whether he was wanted by the United States Marshals. Addison ran on foot and was observed tossing a handgun. Officers caught the individual, Demarkis Addison, and determined he was a convicted felon at the time he was observed by the Task Force with the handgun.

Addison was previously convicted of five separate house burglaries between November 2004 and February 2013. On May 15, 2019, Addison was charged in a federal indictment with possessing a firearm after having been convicted previously of a felony.

Addison will be sentenced on January 30, 2020, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Tom S. Lee. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. If it is determined that Addison’s previous house burglary convictions qualify him as an armed career criminal, Addison must be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not less than 15 years and may be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bert Carraway. U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced the guilty plea.

This case is part of Project EJECT, a collaborative effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi and the Mississippi Department of Corrections to reduce violent crime in the Northern District of Mississippi.

Project EJECT is aimed at disrupting and dismantling the most significant drug trafficking and violent crime organizations in the Northern District of Mississippi, while promoting public safety in the communities most affected by violent crime and delinquency.

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