Las Vegas五人被控涉枪重罪：有人向他人开枪击中餐馆、有人持枪抢劫商店
美国司法部内华达区联邦检察官办公室宣布，联邦大陪审团已起诉5名 Las Vegas 居民涉枪罪行，另有2人已就联邦枪支法指控首次出庭。代理联邦检察官 Sigal Chattah 表示，这批起诉是对非法枪支暴力的决定性打击，该办公室不会坐视暴力分子滥用枪支、恐吓社区。
据起诉书，North Las Vegas 居民 Lil Jarmarr Baker-Reed 被指用一把9毫米 Ruger 手枪向另一人连开多枪，部分子弹击中附近一家餐馆。Baker-Reed 此前有入室盗窃、重大盗窃、持有或转让被盗车辆三项重罪前科，依法不得持有枪支，现被控一项禁止持枪者持有枪支罪，若定罪最高面临15年监禁。此案由 Las Vegas 大都会警察局与烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局 ATF 调查。
Las Vegas 居民 Michael Kirk Brooks 被指持有一把9毫米手枪，并持有意图分发的冰毒，他有多项重罪前科，现被控持有意图分发受控物质、在贩毒犯罪中持枪、重罪犯持枪三项罪名，若定罪最高面临终身监禁。Jimmy Dean McFarland 被指持枪抢劫一家商店，此前有使用枪支抢劫的重罪前科，被控以暴力干扰商业、禁止持枪者持枪、在暴力犯罪中亮出枪支三项罪名，若定罪最高面临终身监禁，此案由联邦调查局 FBI 调查。
此外，一名 Las Vegas 女子被指为一名依法不得持枪的男子代购枪支，两人同被控共谋代购枪支、在购枪时作虚假陈述等罪名，若定罪各最高面临15年监禁。另有 Dominic Flanagan 与 Christiano Decarlo 两名有重罪前科的男子被控非法持枪，已首次出庭，两人的陪审团审判定于2027年1月4日举行，各自若定罪最高面临15年监禁。
起诉书只是指控，全部被告在被证明有罪之前均被推定无罪。公众可拨打1-888-ATF-TIPS向 ATF 匿名举报枪支犯罪线索。（来源：美国司法部内华达区联邦检察官办公室）
Five Indicted on Firearms Charges in Las Vegas: Shots Fired Into a Restaurant, an Armed Store Robbery
A federal grand jury has indicted five Las Vegas residents on firearms charges, and two more men have made initial appearances on federal firearms charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada announced. "The indictments handed down today represent a decisive strike against illegal gun violence," said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah, adding that the office will not stand by while violent actors abuse firearms to terrorize neighborhoods.
According to the indictment, Lil Jarmarr Baker-Reed of North Las Vegas allegedly fired multiple rounds from a 9mm Ruger pistol at another individual, and some of those rounds hit a nearby restaurant. Baker-Reed has three prior felony convictions — for burglary, grand larceny, and possession or transfer of a stolen vehicle — and is prohibited from possessing a firearm. He is charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated the case.
Michael Kirk Brooks of Las Vegas allegedly possessed a 9mm pistol and possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute; with multiple prior felony convictions, he is charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm, facing up to life in prison if convicted. Jimmy Dean McFarland allegedly robbed a store at gunpoint and, with a prior felony conviction for robbery with the use of firearms, is charged with interference with commerce by robbery, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, also facing up to life in prison. The FBI investigated McFarland's case.
In addition, a Las Vegas woman allegedly straw-purchased a firearm for a man who is a prohibited person; both are charged with conspiracy to straw purchase firearms and false statement in acquisition of a firearm, among other counts, facing up to 15 years each if convicted. Two more men with felony records, Dominic Flanagan and Christiano Decarlo, have made initial appearances on felon-in-possession charges; their jury trials are scheduled for January 4, 2027, before U.S. District Judges Cristina D. Silva and Gloria M. Navarro, and each faces up to 15 years if convicted.
An indictment merely contains accusations, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The public may submit anonymous tips about gun crimes to ATF at 1-888-ATF-TIPS. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada)
来源：美国司法部内华达区联邦检察官办公室
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