Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Jermaine
Whindleton, a/k/a “Sin," 28, formerly of Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S.
District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release
for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Whindleton was convicted on April 9, 2014
following a two-day jury trial.
According to trial evidence and court documents, in 2009, Whindleton was convicted in
Massachusetts of felony drug and assault charges. Several years earlier, he had also been
convicted in New York of felony drug and assault charges. On June 12, 2012, Whindleton used a
Mossberg 16 gauge pump-action shotgun in Porter, Maine to assault a drug associate by striking
him on the back of his head with the butt end of the firearm during an argument over a drug debt
owed to Whindleton.
As a result of prior convictions, Whindleton was subject to an enhanced sentence as an
Armed Career Criminal requiring a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.
The investigation was conducted by the Maine State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
