Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Corey Emery Jenkins, 35, of North Charleston, was sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Evidence presented to the court showed that on Aug. 10, 2017, officers of the North Charleston Police Department responded to an apartment on Russelldale Avenue regarding reports of gun and drug trafficking. Jenkins answered the door with a gun in his hand, and then tried to close the door on the officer. Officers entered the apartment and secured a search warrant. A search of the apartment revealed three loaded guns, including a stolen Glock, a revolver capable of firing shotgun shells, and an assault rifle. Federal law prohibits Jenkins from possessing firearms based on prior felony convictions.
United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks of Charleston sentenced Jenkins to twelve months in federal prison to be followed by a 3-year term of court-ordered supervision. The Court imposed the maximum sentence available under the terms of Jenkins’ plea agreement. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the North Charleston Police Department. It was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project CeaseFire initiative, which aggressively prosecutes firearm cases. Project CeaseFire is South Carolina’s implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. Assistant United States Attorney Chris Schoen of the Charleston office prosecuted the case. ##
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
