TRENTON, N.J. – Rashon Lawery, 27, of Trenton, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition in connection with a Trenton shooting.
Lawery previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton federal court to an Indictment charging him with unlawful possession of twenty-six rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition by a convicted felon.
On May 23, 2022, members of the Trenton Police Department responded to a report of a shooting. Three individuals were shot, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, and law enforcement recovered six 9-millimeter shell casings at the scene.
During a foot pursuit through a Trenton park, which eventually led to his arrest, Lawery discarded a 9-millimeter unserialized semiautomatic pistol (a ghost gun) with a high-capacity 32-round magazine, which was loaded with twenty rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition. The six recovered shell casings from the shooting scene were later confirmed by a ballistics laboratory to have been discharged from Lawery’s gun.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Castner sentenced Lawery to three years of supervised release.
Lawery’s defense counsel was Andrea G. Aldana, Esq., Trenton.
U.S. Attorney Alina Habba credited special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Newark Field Division, Trenton Satellite Office, officers of the Trenton Police Department, and detectives and prosecutors of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office for their work on this case.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Trenton.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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