Tre Enrique Jackson, a 31-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been handed a 58-month sentence in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The sentence, following Jackson's guilty plea, comes with an additional three-year term of supervised release after his imprisonment, according to a report from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
Details shared by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., and MPD Chief Pamela A. Smith reveal that detectives and officers, in their duty to serve and protect, executed a search warrant on Sept. 18, 2023, at the residence where Jackson was staying. Their search led to the discovery of a 9mm Glock-style Privately Manufactured Firearm, known colloquially as a "ghost gun" – a weapon with no serial number, hence difficult to trace – in a backpack that Jackson had been earlier spotted carrying. The gun was loaded with one round in the chamber, alongside 12 rounds in a 17-round capacity magazine.
Jackson's prior interactions with the law were not a mystery; he had already been convicted of a gun crime and was under supervised release from D.C. Superior Court at the time of this new arrest. "A review of Jackson’s criminal history revealed that he was on supervised release in D.C. Superior Court for a prior gun conviction," the U.S. Attorney's Office stated. Confirmation of Jackson's DNA on the firearm further solidified the case against him.
