FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 10, 2007
JEREMY WADE JORDAN PLEADS GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Missoula on September 10, 2007, before Chief U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, JEREMY WADE JORDAN, a 27-year-old resident of Helena, pled guilty to being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. Sentencing is set for January 10, 2008. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On May 16, 2007, in Helena, deputies from the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by JORDAN and two other individuals. Officers recovered a 9mm pistol from JORDAN'S waistband, as well as a sawed-off shotgun from the vehicle pursuant to a search warrant.
At the time, JORDAN was a convicted felon from the State of Texas for burglary of a habitation.
JORDAN faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette L. Stewart prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.
