FRESNO, Calif — A Bakersfield man has been sentenced to more than four and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott.
Ladaireus Jones, 25, of Bakersfield, was sentenced by United States District Dale A. Drozd today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a crime he committed on October 25, 2017.
Jones, a documented member of a Bakersfield criminal street gang known as the West Side Crips, possessed a loaded, stolen .38 caliber revolver on October 25, 2017, court documents state. The complaint filed in this case alleged that telephone calls intercepted pursuant to a court-authorized federal wiretap indicated that Jones and another individual possessed weapons located in a backpack at the scene of a car accident.
Officers responded to the scene and seized two firearms from the backpack, including the .38 caliber revolver. Jones later pleaded guilty to possessing that weapon.
According to the indictment and Jones’s subsequent plea agreement, at the time he possessed the revolver, Jones had been convicted of two felonies in Kern County, a 2009 conviction for Assault with Force Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury, and a 2012 conviction for being felon in possession of a firearm. Consequently, he had been prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the California Bureau of Investigation, the Bakersfield Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Assistant United States Attorneys Angela Scott and Vincenza Rabenn are prosecuting the case.
The U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the sentencing today.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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