The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida reported that Jeremiah Cundiff, a 19-year-old from Orlando, has been sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison for illegally possessing a machine gun. U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. handed down the sentence following Cundiff's guilty plea on October 31, 2024.
On October 23, 2023, law enforcement officials carrying out an active arrest warrant stopped Cundiff, who attempted to flee. During the confrontation, officers located a loaded firearm with a machinegun conversion device attached. That device is known as a "switch," and Cundiff's DNA was subsequently identified on the weapon, denoting his possession. It was confirmed through an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and supported by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
According to the U.S. Justice Department, the so-called "switch" found on the weapon Cundiff had is designed to modify a semiautomatic pistol to discharge multiple bullets with a single trigger pull, therefore transforming it into a machinegun under federal law. Assistant United States Attorney Noah P. Dorman prosecuted the case, which was part of the national initiative known as Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence in communities across the country.
