Rebecca C. Lutzko United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
A Youngstown man has been sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison after being found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. Jermaine C. Bunn, 49, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge John R. Adams following a conviction by a federal jury in May.
Bunn was previously convicted of assault in 1997 and possession of cocaine in both 2010 and 2021, which prohibited him from owning firearms or ammunition. In addition to his prison term, he will serve three years of supervised release after completing his sentence.
According to court documents and trial evidence, on October 25, 2024, Youngstown police responded to a report about an unresponsive driver in a running vehicle. Officers found Bunn asleep at the wheel with a loaded Springfield Armory Model XDE-9 semi-automatic pistol near the door handle and an alcoholic beverage in the cup holder.
The investigation was led by the FBI Youngstown Field Office, the Mahoning Valley Violent Crime Task Force, and the Youngstown Police Department.
Assistant United States Attorneys Yasmine Makridis and Joseph P. Dangelo prosecuted the case for the Northern District of Ohio.
