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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 08:06 AM Nov 2015

Local Pawn Shop Upset Over Sentence For Illegal Gun Purchase in Orozco

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer described the sentence of a woman who purchased the gun used to shoot and kill Officer Kerrie Orozco as disappointing. Now a local pawn shop owner is saying he agrees with the Chief and believes a stricter sentence was needed.

According to investigators Jalita Johnson lied about who she was purchasing a gun for in a Georgia pawn shop. She said she was buying it for herself, but it was really for her boyfriend, Marcus Wheeler. Wheeler would later use it to shoot and kill Officer Kerrie Orozco in May 2015.

A federal judge handed down a sentence of one year probation for the crime. Johnson faces no jail time. She must complete 40 hours of community service and 180 days of home confinement. The maximum sentence would have been 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

At Sol's Jewelry and Loans in Omaha, John Dineen said the sentence was surprising. "Definitely was surprised by it I thought it should have been stricter on her," he told WOWT 6 News.

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Woman-Who-Supplied-Gun-Used-to-Kill-Officer-Orozco-Gets-Probation-Local-Pawn-Shop-Speaks-Out-341393752.html
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Local Pawn Shop Upset Over Sentence For Illegal Gun Purchase in Orozco (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP
I'm hoping that you gejohnston Nov 2015 #1
10 years would be okay with me n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #2
Prime example of not enforcing existing laws. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #3
Which laws were not enforced? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #4
a very inadequate sentence at that gejohnston Nov 2015 #5
Technically, I'm wrong. But such a light sentence is de facto non-enforcement, imo. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #7
We don't punish criminals for violating straw purchase laws.. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #6
Yeah, traffic laws too. Don't need no speed limits and stop signs are for pussies. nt flamin lib Nov 2015 #8
How about placing the burden on those who shouldn't have guns eh? beevul Nov 2015 #9

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
1. I'm hoping that you
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 11:13 AM
Nov 2015

agree with a pawn shop, although I don't know how a building can have an opinion. I was pretty disgusted with that sentence as well. BTW, so were Omaha cops. She could have been sentenced up to ten years.

 

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)
6. We don't punish criminals for violating straw purchase laws..
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:27 PM
Nov 2015

that's why I'm of the opinion that we don't need anymore gun laws and should repeal the ones have.

 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
9. How about placing the burden on those who shouldn't have guns eh?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:37 PM
Nov 2015

Maybe even re-examining whether there is any such thing, as someone too dangerous to have a gun but not dangerous enough to warrant custody.

Of course, that doesn't help the gun hatred cause, so it will be ignored.

If traffic laws weren't being enforced, what would be the point of making new ones, or keeping the old ones?

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