Baltimore男子通缉期间开Instagram直播暴露行踪 对非法持枪认罪：最高面临15年监禁
美国司法部马里兰区联邦检察官办公室宣布，马里兰州 Baltimore 市男子 Ronald Jones 已在联邦法院认罪。Jones 现年30岁，承认以被禁止持枪人员的身份持有枪支，并违反此前一宗联邦案件的监管释放条件。联邦检察官 Kelly O. Hayes 与联邦调查局（FBI）Baltimore 外地办公室特别探员主管 Jimmy Paul、Baltimore 警察局局长 Richard Worley 共同公布了认罪结果。
据认罪协议，2024年7月9日，Baltimore 警察局警员在一场 Instagram 直播中发现了身负有效逮捕令的 Jones，并从直播背景认出他身处西 Baltimore 一处住宅。警员赶到该住宅，在门廊将他逮捕。
警员在他直播时所背的棕色挎包内查获一把上膛手枪，配有装着20发子弹的加长弹匣；又在他腰间查获另一把被盗的上膛枪支，装有10发子弹。案发时 Jones 正因先前一宗联邦枪支定罪处于监管释放期，条件明确禁止他持有枪支或再犯任何联邦、州或地方法律。
Jones 就非法持枪一项最高面临15年监禁，就违反监管释放条件最高另面临2年监禁。量刑定于2027年2月24日上午10时举行，实际刑期通常低于最高刑，将由联邦地区法官参照量刑法则等因素裁定。
此案属于司法部「安全社区计划」（Project Safe Neighborhoods），由联邦调查局与 Baltimore 警察局调查，助理联邦检察官 James G. O'Donohue III 与 Kim Y. Hagan 负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
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)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：美国联邦调查局胡佛大楼（华盛顿）。联邦调查局参与本案调查。ajay_suresh 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: J. Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI investigated this case. By ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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