Detroit felon gets 8 years in prison for targeting girlfriend in drive-by shootings

DETROIT (FOX 2) – A Detroit man with earlier weapons and home violence convictions was sentenced to eight years in jail Monday in reference to drive-by shootings focusing on his girlfriend. 

Jason Foley, 39, pleaded responsible to 2 counts of felon in possession of a firearm. 

In keeping with authorities, Foley fired greater than 30 rounds from a rifle at a house the place his girlfriend, two kids, and different adults have been on Aug. 4, 2021. 

On Oct. 9, 2021, he shot at one other residence with a handgun, authorities stated.

Warren police recovered the weapons utilized in these shootings in Foley’s car on Oct. 24 of that 12 months.

Foley’s earlier convictions embody home violence, carrying hid weapons, felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and illegal driving away of a motorcar. 

“This defendant used firearms and a hail of bullets to terrorize a neighborhood and quite a few residents, together with two babies,” U.S. Lawyer Daybreak Ison stated. “This case is an instance of our targeted approached to eradicating the drivers of violence from our neighborhood to make it secure.”