Man arrested in Gainesville will serve 3 years in federal prison for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon
Press release from the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jesse Jay Perez, 28, of Morgan Hill, California, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “Keeping our community and streets safe requires pursuing criminals like this offender with the full force of the law. I appreciate the excellent work of our state and federal law enforcement partners to investigate this case, and my office remains committed to aggressively prosecuting these offenders.”
According to court records, on January 1, 2025, Perez was riding a bike without a rear-facing red light in violation of a Florida State Statute. During the traffic stop, law enforcement learned that Perez had an active felony arrest warrant out of the State of California. Perez was arrested and searched. Law enforcement recovered 13 magazines, 380 rounds of ammunition, and all the component parts necessary to build a “ghost gun” semi-automatic rifle from a backpack he was carrying. Perez was previously convicted in the State of California of a felony offense, specifically the manufacture, distribution, sale, or transport of an assault weapon.
The conviction and sentence were the result of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Gainesville Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam Hapner.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
What can’t local courts be this strict? Is someone being paid off?
What kind of trouble was some heavily armed California dude looking for in our town? Was he yet another felon attracted by the Grace welcome sign?
Amazed and pleasantly surprised to see a story about a criminal actually receiving punishment–then of course I see it’s only because it was a Federal case.
Our local woke judges and prosecutors almost never punish criminals appropriately. They only have empathy for the criminals, never for the rest of normal society.
I agree 1000% but yet we are the ones who pay taxes for them to have three meals a day and somewhere to lay their head it’s very unfair
What is 3 years? And he’s a convicted felon I think you should serve 10