Jermaine Washington, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Maryland 2024

Baltimore Felon Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm and Ammunition

Jermaine Washington, a 36-year-old Baltimore man, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to four years in federal prison.

The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department.

Washington has previously been convicted of armed robbery in Maryland state court in 2006 and again in 2013. According to his guilty plea, on May 6, 2022, Baltimore Police Department officers performed a traffic stop near the 1700 block of Ramsay Street after noticing that a vehicle – later found to be driven by Washington – had an inoperable brake light and tag light, and expired registration.

Officers also examined the interior of Washington’s vehicle using a flashlight and observed a handgun in plain view on the driver’s-side floorboard. The officers then entered the vehicle and recovered a Sig-Sauer .40 caliber handgun loaded with 12 rounds of ammunition.

As a part of his plea agreement, Washington admitted that he knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm and ammunition as a result of the two previous armed robbery convictions.

Washington was sentenced to 48 months (four years) in federal prison, as agreed upon in his plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson accepted this plea agreement and imposed the agreed-upon term of 48 months incarceration, and sentenced Washington to a subsequent term of three years supervised release.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (“PSN”), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

U.S. Attorney Barron commended the ATF and the Baltimore Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven T. Brantley, who prosecuted the case.

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