Annapolis Felon Gets 42 Months After Stolen Glock, Gun Videos Found on Phone

A 22-year-old Annapolis man will spend 42 months in federal prison after investigators found a stolen, loaded Glock 17 handgun in his bedroom while he was on probation for assault. Dalonte Ray Jones, who was legally barred from owning guns or ammunition, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release once he's out.

U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson handed down the sentence Thursday in Baltimore federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. Jones had pleaded guilty nearly a year earlier, on September 5, 2025, to one federal count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, per the same office's announcement of that plea.

The case traces back to a search of Jones's apartment on November 11, 2024, when law enforcement recovered a Glock 17 semi-automatic handgun fitted with an extended magazine from his bedroom, according to a report from WBFF. That magazine held 45 rounds and was loaded with 17 live rounds at the time of the search, the station reported. Court records cited by Report Annapolis place the residence in the 1900 block of Copeland Street in Annapolis.

A Stolen Gun With Multiple DNA Profiles

The Glock 17 had been reported stolen in 2023, and forensic testing turned up DNA from Jones and three other people on the weapon, per WBFF's account of the case. Investigators also searched Jones's iPhone under a warrant and found multiple videos of him holding different firearms, including footage that showed the same handgun seized during the apartment search, the station reported.

Jones had two prior second-degree assault convictions, from January 2023 and April 2023, and he was on probation for one of those assault cases when the firearm-possession crime occurred, according to WBFF. That probation status is central to why federal prosecutors pursued the case rather than leaving it to state courts, since it barred him from legally possessing any gun or ammunition.

Federal Charge Carries Stiffer Penalties Than State Law

The federal investigation was conducted jointly by the FBI's Baltimore Field Office and the Annapolis Police Department, according to the Department of Justice. Jones was prosecuted under Project Safe Neighborhoods, a federal initiative that coordinates local, state, and federal agencies to target repeat violent offenders and illegal firearm possession, per the Justice Department.

Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), a convicted felon caught with a firearm faces a statutory maximum of up to 15 years in prison, a ceiling that was raised from 10 years by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June 2022, according to the Federal Register. Jones's 42-month sentence falls well short of that maximum, though prosecutors weighed his probation status and prior convictions in reaching the outcome.

Part of a Broader Push Against Illegal Guns

The case fits into a wider pattern of federal and local agencies cracking down on illegal firearms around Annapolis. The Anne Arundel County Police Department reported in January that non-contact shootings fell 26% and contact shootings dropped 19% in 2025 compared to the prior year, while officers seized 275 firearms for evidentiary purposes. The U.S. Attorney's Office separately reported that statewide homicides in Maryland fell 50% between 2021 and 2025 amid joint federal-local violent crime initiatives.

Federal task forces have carried out large-scale operations in the area before. In October 2024, the FBI's Annapolis Safe Streets Task Force deployed more than 500 law enforcement personnel in a multi-agency operation that led to 14 arrests and the recovery of four firearms along with distribution-level narcotics, according to WUSA9. Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said in August 2024 that city police had removed more than 130 illegal firearms from the streets over the previous two years.

Jones's case is one of several recent Annapolis gun prosecutions Hoodline has tracked, including a search warrant that turned up a loaded Glock and drugs at a separate Annapolis complex earlier this month. It remains unclear whether the stolen Glock 17 in Jones's case has been linked through ballistic testing to any other unresolved local crimes.