ST. THOMAS — Ja’moi Khadeem Corraspe, 22, today pleaded guilty in District Court here to conspiracy to ship firearms with obliterated serial mumbers, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 4, 2016.
According to the plea agreement filed with the court, between August 6, 2013 and October 7, 2013, Corraspe conspired with other individuals to unlawfully mail firearms with obliterated serial numbers from Jacksonville, Florida to St. Thomas. He directed the shipping of two firearms from Jacksonville to St. Thomas: a Smith and Wesson, Model SD40VE, .40 caliber pistol and a Glock, Model 20, 10mm pistol, both with obliterated serial numbers.
Corraspe is not a federal licensed firearms dealer and is not authorized to possess the two firearms in the District of the Virgin Islands. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
This case is the result of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sigrid M. Tejo-Sprotte.
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