SCRANTON — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle), published as received.
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jayson Thompson, age 31, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 26, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to a time served (14 months) period of incarceration for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Thompson previously admitted that on September 10, 2021, in Luzerne County, he was in possession of a loaded Taurus G2S .40 caliber pistol, knowing that he had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. Thompson also admitted that the Taurus pistol had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce. Thompson had been in custody since his arrest on September 10, 2021.
The matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Kingston Police Department, and the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Buchanan 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 gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles:
fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
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