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Date: 05-18-2022

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United States of America v. Jesus Antonio Ceja

Case Number: 1:21-cr-00033-MAC-ZJH

Judge: Marica A. Crone

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Jefferson County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas (Jefferson County)

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Description: Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On Feb. 9, 2020, law enforcement officers observed a vehicle stopped at an intersection in 5200 block of 15th Street in Port Arthur. As the officer approached the vehicle, he saw the driver, later identified as Juesus Antonio Ceja, age 30, , with his head down. The officer drove towards the vehicle to see if the driver was in need of assistance, at which time Ceja looked at the officer and accelerated away at a high rate of speed. As the officer turned around to follow the vehicle, he saw that Ceja had crashed his vehicle into a pole at the nearby intersection of Lewis and Lakeview streets. Ceja repeatedly reached under the seat and ignored commands to show his hands and exit the vehicle. After the officer opened the passenger door, Ceja exited the vehicle and crawled on top of it, refusing to come down. Once other officers arrived, Ceja came down off the car and told officers there was methamphetamine and a firearm in the car. Further investigation revealed Ceja was a convicted felon having previously been found guilty of felony escape in Jefferson County in 2008. As a convicted felon, Ceja is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition. Ceja was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 27, 2021.

This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

This case was investigated by the Port Arthur Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Quinn.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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