A Jersey City Man Admitted to Having Illegal Gun

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A Jersey City man pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm.

Nathan Miller, 32, of Jersey City was caught in June 2020 with a suspected firearm near the intersection of Oak Street and Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

Miller appeared to place the firearm in the glove compartment, according to the HCPO. Police stopped the car and found a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handgun, loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition, in the glove compartment. Miller was previously convicted in the Superior Court of Hudson County, New Jersey, of possession of a controlled dangerous substance on school property, a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

The charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for March 16, 2022.