United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

DALLAS MAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON,
WITHOUT PAROLE, ON CRACK COCAINE AND FIREARM CONVICTIONS

DALLAS — Shon Jefferson, 27, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to a total of 420 months (35 years) in federal prison on firearm and drug convictions, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. A federal jury convicted Jefferson at trial in November 2009 on all three counts of an indictment charging possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine), being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

The government presented evidence at trial that on November 13, 2008, Dallas Police Department officers performed a consensual search of Jefferson’s residence on West 52nd Street in south Dallas. A search of the residence revealed a safe containing a loaded pistol, substances suspected to be cocaine base and marijuana, digital scales, and plastic baggies. Further search of Jefferson’s residence revealed framed photographs of Jefferson and receipts from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice linking Jefferson to that address. At the time of his arrest, Jefferson had $1361 on his person. A total amount of 77 grams of cocaine base was found in the residence, which according to testimony, had an estimated street value of $7700.

The government presented further evidence that in April 2005, Jefferson was sentenced to five and one-half years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with an intent to deliver.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Dallas Police Department - Operation Disruption. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mary F. Walters and Gary Tromblay.

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