United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas

ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON,
WITHOUT PAROLE, IN PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS CASE

DALLAS — Convicted felon and armed career criminal, Raymond Sneed, of Dallas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 18 years in prison, without parole, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas. Sneed, 25, pled guilty in February to a one count indictment charging felon in possession of a firearm.

Sneed. a member of the Bloods, a violent street gang in Dallas, was arrested in May 2007 by Deputy U.S. Marshals and Strike Team Officers from the Dallas Police Department on the firearm charge outlined in the federal indictment. Sneed, a multi-convicted felon, with 12 prior felony convictions, possessed a .45 caliber pistol on October 7, 2007.

The case was adopted for federal prosecution by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) through the Project Safe Neighborhood initiative, a federal program designed for the quick and aggressive prosecution of firearm offenses. U.S. Attorney Roper praised the work of ATF as well as the Dallas Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST). Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks prosecuted the case.

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