Wilmington man sentenced to more than 11 years for gun and drug offenses
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) – A Wilmington man was sentenced Friday to 138 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and heroin, possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
On April 26, Jarrod Eugene Davis, 42, pled guilty to the charges.
The Wilmington Police Department said they responded to a ShotSpotter activation on April 13, 2022 and found Davis. He fled from officers but was apprehended. They found $982 on Davis, and nearby found a fanny pack with 321 bags of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin, as well as a loaded Taurus 9mm handgun and a spent 9mm shell casing. Forensic testing matched the casing to the handgun, which had Davis’ fingerprint on it.
At the time, Davis was on post release supervision after being released from prison on December 4, 2021, after serving a 76 to 104 month prison sentence for possessing a firearm by a convicted felon and being a habitual felon.
The defendant has over thirty criminal convictions, fourteen of which are for felony offenses. In November of 2003, the defendant was sentenced to 94 to 122 months in prison after he pled guilty to numerous felony offenses in New Hanover County Superior Court relating to an incident where he shot at two Wilmington Police Department Officers on February 22, 2003, and for an armed robbery five months prior.
