SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jake Edward Howland, 23, of Vallejo,
was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to three
years and 10 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a machine gun, U.S.
Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
According to court records, in Feb. 2019, Solano County
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call reporting that someone was shooting a
fully automatic weapon on the levee in the unincorporated area of Solano
County, near Dixon. When deputies arrived, they spoke with a group of
witnesses, several of whom saw Howland firing the pistol. When the deputies
searched Howland, they found an empty .40-caliber high-capacity magazine in his
pocket. They also found a .40‑caliber pistol nearby that had
been modified to function as a machine gun. This was the gun Howland was firing
moments earlier. Howland pleaded guilty on Aug. 21.
This case was the product of an investigation by the Solano
County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the FBI’s Solano County Violent
Crimes Task Force and the Solano County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Timothy H. Delgado prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a
program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities
they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for
everyone. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the
Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S.
Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and
tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally
based strategies to reduce violent crime. To learn more about Project Safe
Neighborhoods, go to www.justice.gov/psn.
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