Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Eron Jordan, 27, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents, on May 22, 2018, an officer with the Conway Police Department was on patrol in the City of Conway when he observed a vehicle with tinted windows so dark that he could not see the driver through the front side window. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle, and upon approaching the vehicle, smelled an odor of marijuana. The officer explained the window tint violation to the driver, identified as Eron Joran, asked Jordan to step out of the vehicle, and asked about the odor of marijuana. Jordan disagreed about the odor and advised he had no objections to the officers looking in the vehicle. Officers searched the vehicle and discovered two bags of crack cocaine and two bags of heroin in the center console; a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun in the glove compartment, loaded with 16 rounds of ammunition; a silver scale in the front passenger door; several cell phones; a glass jar with a small amount of suspected marijuana; $335.00 in cash in the driver’s door; and $5,762.00 in cash in a book bag on the rear passenger seat. A search of a passenger in the vehicle revealed 70 Hydrocodone pills, 69 Oxycodone pills, and 10 Buprenorphine pills. Jordan admitted that everything in the car was his and nothing belonged to the passenger. Federal law prohibits Jordan from possessing firearms and ammunition because he has two prior state convictions for pointing and presenting a firearm.
Jordan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell accepted the guilty plea and will sentence Jordan after receiving and reviewing a presentencing report prepared by the United States Probation Office.
The charges against Jordon were the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), assisted by the Conway Police Department, the Horry County Police Department, and the Horry County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state and local Project CeaseFire, which aggressively prosecutes firearm cases. Project CeaseFire is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made turning the tide of rising violent crime in America a top priority. In October 2017, as part of a series of actions to address this crime trend, Attorney General Sessions announced the reinvigoration of PSN and directed all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to develop a district crime reduction strategy that incorporates the lessons learned since PSN launched in 2001. Assistant United States Attorney Lauren Hummel of the Florence office is prosecuting the case. ##
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
