Montgomery Man Sentenced to Prison for Gun Crime Committed While on Federal Probation

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced that a Montgomery, Alabama, man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal gun charge.

On January 22, 2026, 36-year-old Jeremy Dionne Smiley received a sentence of 60 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Previously, in February 2025, a judge ordered a 24-month sentence for violating the terms of his federal supervised release. The sentences are related to the same incident and were ordered to run consecutively, for a total sentence of 84 months. At the January 2026 sentencing hearing, the court also ordered Smiley to serve an additional three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to Smiley’s plea agreement and other court records, in late 2024, Smiley was residing in Montgomery while on federal supervised release after completing a 71-month prison sentence for a prior federal firearms conviction. On December 20, 2024, law enforcement officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at Smiley’s residence, which included a report that shots had been fired.

Following the incident, Smiley admitted to his federal probation officer that he possessed an AR-15-style rifle and had discharged the firearm into the air during the disturbance. Smiley’s possession of the firearm violated the conditions of his supervised release and resulted in a new federal charge. On October 20, 2025, Smiley pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The Montgomery Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the United States Probation Office investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorneys Michelle R. Turner and J. Patrick Lamb prosecuted this case.