Jarrell L. Daniels, Firearms Offense, New Jersey 2020

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man opened fire on his victim 16 times but missed, striking none, before fleeing the scene, authorities said.

Jarrell L. Daniels, 29, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a semi-automatic submachine gun with a high capacity magazine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced, as reported in a local news source.

The crime occurred on the morning of April 9, 2018, on Irvington Avenue in Elizabeth, where Daniels was found to be carrying a loaded .45 caliber Masterpiece Arms ACP submachine gun with 30 additional rounds of ammunition in an extended magazine. He was wearing a disguise and latex gloves at the time.

Daniels was convicted on February 21, 2020, after a two and a half-day trial before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark of one count of being a felon in possession of a semi-automatic submachine gun with a high capacity magazine and multiple rounds of ammunition.

As part of his sentence, Judge McNulty also ordered Daniels to serve three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Acting U.S. Attorney Honig credited law enforcement officers of the Elizabeth Police Department, the Union County Sheriff’s Office, special agents of the FBI, special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office with the investigation leading to the sentencing.

The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vera Varshavsky and Sammi Malek of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark.

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