CINCINNATI, OHIO – Shawn Jones, 41, of Cincinnati was
sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegal possession of seven firearms, more
than 200 rounds of ammunition, and a set of individual body armor.
Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern
District of Ohio, Michael Boxler, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Columbus Field Division (ATF), the Regional
Enforcement Narcotics Unit (RENU) in Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil’s Office,
and Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell announced the sentence handed
down today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Herman J. Weber.
Jones pleaded guilty on April 8, 2014 to one count of
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession of
body armor by a convicted felon.
According to court documents, members of the Hamilton County
Sheriff’s Office Regional Narcotics Unit, ATF and CPD executed a search warrant
at Jones’s residence in Lower Price Hill on October 5, 2013. They found three
handguns, three rifles, a shotgun, 203 rounds of ammunition of various calibers
and brands and a set of individual body armor.
Jones was prohibited from possessing firearms, body armor or
ammunition because he had been convicted of first degree robbery in Campbell
County, Kentucky and aggravated armed robbery in Hamilton County, Ohio. Both
crimes are felonies. Federal law prohibits convicted felons from owning or
possessing firearms, ammunition or body armor.
Jones was also ordered to forfeit the items seized during
the investigation and serve three years under court supervision following his
time in prison.
Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by ATF
agents, RENU and Cincinnati Police officers, along with District Criminal Chief
Kenneth L. Parker, who prosecuted the case.
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