Dallas Man Charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm
A 28-year-old Dallas man is facing federal charges after a traffic stop revealed a Glock switch and high-capacity magazine, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Jaterrian Damon Johnson was arrested last Wednesday and charged via criminal complaint with felon in possession of a firearm, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison.
According to the complaint, on Aug. 7, plainclothes officers were conducting increased surveillance at an apartment complex near Walnut Hill Lane and Greenville Avenue when they witnessed a black Kia Sorrento commit traffic violations while exiting the parking lot.
Patrol officers stopped the Kia, and while walking back to their patrol vehicle with the driver’s license, the officers observed Mr. Johnson, who was seated in the passenger seat, making furtive movements and repeatedly turning to look back at the officer.
When they returned to the Kia, they observed a high-capacity Glock magazine resting on the passenger floorboard underneath Mr. Johnson’s seat. Inside the glove compartment, they found a .40 caliber Glock handgun with a live round inserted in the chamber and a Glock switch slotted into the backplate.
Mr. Johnson has a prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, for which he was sentenced to three years in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Withers is prosecuting the case, which is part of Operation Texas Kill Switch, a statewide initiative targeting machinegun conversion devices, also known as “switches,” which transform commercially available semi-automatic firearms into fully-automatic weapons.
The investigation was conducted by the Dallas Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives’ Dallas Field Office.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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