Baltimore Man on Arrest Warrant Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charges After Instagram Live Revealed His Location
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced that Ronald Jones, 30, of Baltimore, Maryland, has pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing firearms as a prohibited person and to violating the terms of his supervised release. U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced the plea with Jimmy Paul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Baltimore Field Office, and Richard Worley, Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).
According to the plea agreement, on July 9, 2024, BPD officers spotted Jones, who had an active arrest warrant, on an Instagram Live story and recognized the backdrop as a West Baltimore residence. Officers responded to the location and arrested him on the porch.
Officers recovered from the brown satchel Jones wore during the broadcast a loaded handgun fitted with an extended magazine holding 20 rounds of ammunition, and found a stolen loaded firearm with 10 rounds in his front waistband. At the time, Jones was on supervised release for a prior federal firearm conviction, the terms of which prohibited him from possessing a firearm or committing another crime.
Jones faces a maximum of 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and two years for violating the terms of his supervised release. Sentencing is set for February 24, 2027, at 10 a.m. Actual sentences are typically less than the maximum and will be determined by a federal district judge.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods and was investigated by the FBI and the Baltimore Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys James G. O'Donohue, III, and Kim Y. Hagan are prosecuting the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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