Hattiesburg, Miss. – Jonas A. Windham, 37, of Laurel, pled
guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to being a felon
in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A.
Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
Mississippi.
Windham was previously convicted of being an unlawful user
of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm in the Southern District
of Mississippi in 2013 and was sentenced to serve 78 months in the custody of
the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was
still on federal supervised release at the time of his arrest for the current
offense. On June 18, 2019, Windham was
found in possession of two firearms during the execution of a search warrant at
his residence.
Windham will be sentenced by Judge Starrett on January 9,
2020 at 10:30 a.m. He faces a maximum
penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
This case is part of Project EJECT, an initiative by the
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi under the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). EJECT is a holistic,
multi-disciplinary approach to fighting and reducing violent crime through
prosecution, prevention, re-entry and awareness. EJECT stands for “Empower
Justice Expel Crime Together.” PSN is bringing together all levels of law
enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our
neighborhoods safer for everyone. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions
reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on
targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in
partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the
local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce
violent crime.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Laurel Police
Department investigated the case. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Andrew W. Eichner.
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