Omar DeJesus, Gun Store Burglary, New York 2018

A 32-year-old man from Amsterdam, New York, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a gun store burglary in Schenectady County.

Omar DeJesus, who has previous state and federal felony drug convictions, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for transporting, storing, and possessing firearms stolen from Target Sports, Inc., a federally licensed firearms dealer in Schenectady County.

According to the United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), DeJesus was prohibited from possessing firearms because of his criminal record.

Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue also sentenced DeJesus to 3 years of supervised release and ordered that he pay restitution in the amount of $48,775.

DeJesus, who pled guilty on May 17, 2018, admitted that he allowed Christian Roman and Jose Fontanez to store dozens of stolen firearms at his residence and later helped them hide some of those firearms in a remote location.

DeJesus also admitted that he introduced Roman and Fontanez to another man, Onic Martinez, who retrieved the stolen firearms from a storage locker in Schenectady, New York, where Roman and Fontanez hid them shortly after the October 22, 2017 burglary.

In exchange for his assistance, DeJesus received a stolen Sig Sauger 9mm pistol, which DeJesus subsequently sold to another individual in exchange for $700.

The case was investigated by the ATF, New York State Police, and the Glenville and Amsterdam Police Departments, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne A. Myers.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/two-time-drug-felon-sentenced-120-months-role-gun-store-burglary