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Date: 11-04-2018
Case Style:
United States of America v. Jerry Lee Ellerbe, Jr.
Case Number: 1:18-cr-00237-WO
Judge: William L. Osteen, Jr.
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Guilford County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Anand P. Ramaswamy
Defendant's Attorney: Tiffany T. McGregor - FPD
Description:
Greensboro, NC - Laurinburg Man Sentenced To 50 Months In Prison For Possession Of A Firearm By A Convicted Felon
A Laurinburg man who fled from police into an occupied home was sentenced to federal prison.
JERRY LEE ELLERBE JR. pleaded guilty on August 8, 2018, to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. ELLERBE was sentenced by United States District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. to 50 months of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
On April 16, 2018, Laurinburg Police Sergeant Zachary Van Horn attempted to stop the car ELLERBE was driving, after seeing ELLERBE fail to observe a stop sign. ELLERBE did not stop when Sgt. Van Horn used his police blue lights and siren, and instead, took off at a high rate of speed, running through other stops signs and coming to a stop on a dead-end road. ELLERBE fled on foot into a wooded area near a residential neighborhood.
Sgt. Van Horn saw a woman outside a residence who told him that someone just ran inside her house. ELLERBE then came out of that house and was detained by police. Officers returned to the car from which ELLERBE fled and found a Glock .357 pistol on the driver’s seat, loaded with 15 rounds in the magazine and one round in the chamber. They also found marijuana, a digital scale, and pills.
ELLERBE had been convicted in Scotland County of felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and was on supervised probation at the time he was encountered by Sgt. Van Horn.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Laurinburg Police Department.
Charge:
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2); Felon in possession of a firearm
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Outcome: Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE WILLIAM L. OSTEEN, JR., in G-1: Sentencing hearing as to JERRY LEE ELLERBE, JR., held on 11/2/2018. AUSA Anand Ramaswamy present on behalf of the Government. AFPD Tiffany McGregor appeared on behalf of the Defendant. Defendant present in custody. (Court Reporter Joseph Armstrong.) (Welch, Kelly) (Entered: 11/02/2018)
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