GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Lee County resident was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro for knowingly possessing ammunition after previously being convicted of a felony, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
JAMAR LACOBLY ALSTON, age 33, of Sanford, North Carolina, was sentenced to a 108 month term of imprisonment by Senior United States District Judge N. Carlton Tilley, Jr. In addition to prison time, ALSTON was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay a special assessment of $100.00. ALSTON pleaded guilty on Aug. 1, 2019, to knowing possession of CBC and Winchester.45 caliber ammunition after having previously been convicted of a felony offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
Court records show that at approximately 1:48 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2018, ALSTON fired three shots from a.45 caliber handgun during an altercation at the Elks Lodge in Sanford, North Carolina. The handgun was never recovered. However, a high-resolution surveillance video of the incident shows ALSTON instigated a fistfight with a person in the bar area, and during that altercation, grab an object from the right-side pocket of his coat. Moments later, while ALSTON’s back was to the surveillance camera, he fired three shots toward the man with whom he was fighting. All three shots missed. The video shows three shell casings hit the ground. Sanford Police were called to the scene and recovered the shell casings, but not the handgun used in the incident.
At sentencing, after reviewing the surveillance video of the shooting, Judge Tilley applied a cross reference under the sentencing guidelines for attempted first-degree murder and sentenced ALSTON to 108 months.
ALSTON has a 2010 conviction in Lee County for felony conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, which resulted in a term of imprisonment of 15 to 18 months.
The case was investigated by the Sanford Police Department and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tanner L. Kroeger.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
