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Description: Tyler, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
On Jan. 11, 2022, Angel Emmanuel Solano-Calvillo was stopped by officers with the Jacksonville Police Department for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, it was revealed that Solano was an undocumented Mexican citizen in possession of an AR-style rifle, a 9mm pistol, approximately 800 rounds of ammunition, a tactical vest with six 30-round magazines, methamphetamine with distribution paraphernalia, a police scanner, an inert hand grenade, two drones, and portable handheld radios. Following his arrest, Solano admitted his unlawful immigration status and confessed to his participation in distributing methamphetamine. Solano was indicted on Jan. 20, 2022 and charged with federal firearms violations.
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.
18 U.S.C. 922 provides:
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(2) who is a fugitive from justice;
(3) who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
(4) who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;
(5) who, being an alien—
(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or
(B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));
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This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations – Tyler Field Unit, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucas Machicek.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, $100 special assessment, fine waived, remanded to USMS.
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