Gregory Lozado, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, Colorado 2014

A Denver man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of 10 rounds of ammunition.

Gregory Lozado, age 34, was sentenced on March 12, 2014, by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 235 months (just under 20 years) for being a felon in possession of 10 rounds of ammunition.

Lozado was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 22, 2013. He went to trial, which started on November 18, 2013, and concluded on November 20, 2013, with the jury returning a verdict of guilty to the sole count of the indictment, which charged him with being a felon in possession of ammunition.

According to the Government's Sentencing Statement, which was filed on December 12, 2013, on March 21, 2013, at approximately 3:30 p.m., two uniformed Denver Police Officers, patrolling in a marked unit, observed a Chevrolet Impala with a badly cracked windshield and an expired temporary Texas license tag.

The officers initiated a traffic stop of the Impala. The driver of the vehicle pulled over, and then immediately jumped from the vehicle and fled on foot. Denver officers pursued the individual both on foot and by patrol car.

As they were chasing the individual, who was later identified as Gregory Lozado, they noticed he was running holding a black handgun. At one point, when officers thought they had him cornered, they ordered him to drop the gun. Lozado did not comply with the order.

Instantly after a door near Lozado opened, and he continued fleeing on foot. Officers set up a perimeter around the building. They eventually convinced Lozado to surrender.

An inventory search of the Chevrolet Impala being driven by Lozado turned up a number of items, including a black zipper bag with ten rounds of live 9mm Winchester ammunition. Officers also recovered a spent (fired) .38 caliber shell casing.

Lozado had multiple prior convictions, which for sentencing purposes qualified him for being an Armed Career Criminal. The prior convictions include: robbery conviction in Adams County; theft from a person conviction in Denver; second degree burglary of a building conviction in Denver; and a conviction for felony menacing in Denver.

“The old saying 'Where's there's smoke, there's fire was never truer than in this case,” said U.S. Attorney John Walsh. “Defendant's possession of multiple bullets and a spent cartridge, combined with his three prior violent felony convictions, demonstrates that he was a danger to the public and fully warranted this severe penalty.”

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/denver-man-sentenced-20-years-federal-prison-being-felon-possession-10-rounds-ammunition