United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jabrandon S. Lovett, a 28 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 37 months of incarceration for possession of a Smith & Wesson.38 caliber revolver after a 2013 Burglary 3rd conviction and a 2010 Robbery 2nd conviction.
On Nov. 19, 2018, Lovett entered a guilty plea and admitted in open court that on July 8, 2018, at approximately 9:45pm, Mobile County, AL deputies observed Lovett driving a vehicle that did not display a tag light, so they conducted a traffic stop. As the deputies approached the vehicle, they smelled marijuana and counted four people in the vehicle. Deputies asked for and received Lovett’s driver’s license. Next, all four vehicle occupants were asked to exit the vehicle and they did. A probable cause search of the vehicle for illegal drugs was conducted and no illegal drugs were found. The passengers then told the deputies that they had smoked marijuana in the vehicle earlier but they no longer possessed any marijuana.
During the search, deputies found and opened a canvas strap bag that was around Lovett’s neck when the vehicle was stopped, but that Lovett removed and left inside the vehicle when he exited. Inside the bag was a loaded Smith & Wesson,.38 caliber revolver, serial number 134942 that was not manufactured in Alabama.
On July 23, 2018, Lovett confessed to possessing the firearm. He stated that he bought the revolver approximately two years before and had if for protection but only fired it one time. At that time Lovett had been convicted of two felonies, namely, Robbery 2nd Degree, on Sept. 29, 2010, in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, case number CC-10-1529 and Burglary 3rd Degree on Oct. 2, 2013, in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, case number CC-13-2483.
Deputies of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and special agents of the FBI investigated the case and brought it to the U. S. Attorney=s Office for prosecution. The prosecutor assigned to the case is Assistant United States Attorney, Gina S. Vann.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
