FRESNO, Calif. — Patrick Feaster, 23, of Fresno, pleaded responsible as we speak to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Lawyer Phillip A. Talbert introduced.
Feaster was one in all seven Fresno residents charged federally because of Operation No Fly Zone, a multi-agency investigation that sought to handle an increase within the variety of shootings and homicides in Fresno. In line with court docket paperwork, on March 16, 2022, investigators discovered that Feaster could be going to a residence in Fresno to select up a firearm and an prolonged journal. Shortly after Feaster left the residence, officers tried to conduct a visitors cease on his automobile, however Feaster didn’t yield. Feaster bought out of the automobile with a bag, and fled on foot. After a chase, officers arrested Feaster and seized the bag from him. Contained in the bag, officers discovered a semi-automatic handgun with an prolonged journal.
Feaster is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Choose Ana de Alba on Might 30, 2023. Feaster faces a most statutory penalty of 10 years in jail and a $250,000 advantageous. The precise sentence, nonetheless, will probably be decided on the discretion of the court docket after consideration of any relevant statutory elements and the Federal Sentencing Tips, which take note of various variables.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Homeland Safety Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Fresno Police Division; the Fresno-area Multi-Company Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC); the California Division of Justice; the California Freeway Patrol; the Fresno County Sheriff’s Workplace; the Kings County Sheriff’s Workplace; the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; and the Fresno County District Lawyer’s Workplace. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Justin J. Gilio and Antonio J. Pataca are prosecuting the case.
This case is a part of Venture Secure Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing collectively all ranges of legislation enforcement and the communities they serve to cut back violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everybody. On Might 26, 2021, the U.S. Division of Justice launched a violent crime discount technique strengthening PSN primarily based on these core rules: fostering belief and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that assist stop violence from occurring within the first place, setting targeted and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the outcomes.
This effort is a part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Process Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level prison organizations that threaten the US utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency strategy. Further details about the OCDETF Program might be discovered at www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
