Birmingham Man Sentenced For Firearms Charges

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A Birmingham man has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on multiple firearms charges. Jecorey Tyshawn Edwards Allen, 26, pleaded guilty to the charges in April.

Judge R. David Proctor sentenced Allen to 21 months in prison followed by three years supervised release on one count of dealing in firearms without a license, one count of traveling interstate to acquire firearms for the purpose of dealing without a license, and seven counts of falsifying information on firearm acquisition records.

According to court documents, from November 2018 through July of 2019 Allen traveled from the Washington, D.C., area to Birmingham, and purchased at least 19 pistols from several licensed Birmingham firearm dealers.

Allen falsified the ATF form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record, specifically stating that he was the actual buyer when in fact he was buying the firearms for other people. Allen then traveled back to the D.C. area, where he sold the illegally purchased guns. One of the guns purchased by Allen in Birmingham in February 2019, was used in a shooting in Washington, D.C. four months later.

“One of the most common ways criminals get guns is through straw purchase sales, where someone who may not legally acquire a firearm has another person buy it on their behalf,” U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona said. “It is a priority of my office to stop the illegal flow of firearms used to commit violent crime in our cities.”