Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Paul Brown, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
According to court documents, on Jan. 24, 2020, agents with the FBI, Jackson Police Department and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics executed a search warrant at a Jackson residence, and Javarius Jones, 20, was taken into custody during the execution of the warrant. Several hundred grams of marijuana, multiple firearms, ammunition, and United States currency was seized from the residence. Jones admitted during a recorded interview that he regularly sold marijuana and that he possessed multiple firearms for protection.
Jones will be sentenced on Dec. 2, 2021, and faces a minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of life. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Charles W. Kirkham.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
