A man from Everett, Washington, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where U.S. District Judge Tana Lin addressed David James Michael Jensen, 42, regarding his repeated offenses over a three-year period.
Jensen was convicted in September 2025 on eight federal felony counts: five for unlawful possession of a firearm, two for possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and one for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Lin stated: “You were bringing dangerous drugs into the state. Drugs that are causing thousands of deaths in our country…. Your actions contributed greatly to that suffering…. You kept getting drugs and guns despite being repeatedly detained by police.”
Court records show that Jensen’s encounters with law enforcement began on September 7, 2021, when he fled the scene of a car accident but left behind a backpack containing identity documents and a loaded handgun. He was charged and later convicted for illegal firearm possession.
On April 7, 2022, after being stopped for driving without a license, police searched Jensen’s vehicle and found several loaded firearms along with fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. This led to his conviction for possessing a firearm during drug trafficking—a charge carrying a mandatory five-year sentence consecutive to other convictions.
Jensen was arrested again on May 11, 2022, once more unlawfully possessing a firearm as well as heroin and methamphetamine.
Another incident occurred on July 31, 2024. Police followed Jensen to a storage unit while he drove without a license. Officers found narcotics on him; inside the storage unit they discovered several firearms—including two privately made “ghost guns” without serial numbers—ammunition, about 400 fentanyl pills, and multiple motorbikes (one reported stolen).
On December 27, 2024, Everett Police observed Jensen placing bags into various vehicles in Seattle. After obtaining a search warrant for one vehicle they recovered a loaded Glock handgun alongside fentanyl, heroin, and drug paraphernalia. He was then transferred to federal custody and indicted on federal charges.
Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hobbs wrote: “Jensen was caught on multiple occasions with firearms and distribution quantities of drugs. He was clearly redistributing drugs and was in possession of firearms while doing so. Jensen clearly had no regard for the law, returning to possessing drugs and guns despite being detained for doing so on multiple occasions… Jensen’s actions placed the community, law enforcement, and himself at risk.”
The case involved investigations by both the Everett Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hobbs.
