Everett, Washington, man pleads guilty to possession of stolen firearm

Seattle – A 26-year-old Everett resident pleaded responsible at this time in U.S. District Courtroom in Seattle to possession of a stolen firearm in reference to the theft of a high-powered rifle taken throughout a downtown Seattle altercation on Could 30, 2020, introduced U.S. Lawyer Nick Brown.  Jacob D. Little was captured by each Seattle Police surveillance pictures and pictures posted on-line with the massive bag used to retailer the Colt M4 rifle with a suppressor.  U.S. District Choose Richard A. Jones will sentence Little on January 6, 2023.

Utilizing not solely the photographs captured of the scene of the civil unrest, however ideas from the general public, Seattle Police investigators linked Little to the stolen firearm.  Pictures confirmed Little eradicating a heavy bag – subsequently recognized as a bag containing a department-issued rifle – from a Seattle Police car parked exterior the downtown Nordstrom retailer.  The automobiles have been closely broken and in the end burned.  In the middle of the investigation, regulation enforcement obtained digital messages despatched by Little after the theft through which he seemed to be negotiating the sale of the firearm.  Little acknowledged within the messages that he had eliminated the sling and suppressor and the “crimson dot” (a sort of optical sight) from the rifle.  All these equipment have been current on the rifle when stolen from the Seattle Police car. 

Beneath the phrases of the plea settlement, each prosecutors and protection will advocate a sentence of 16 months in jail.

Little is going through costs in King County Superior Courtroom related to an unrelated capturing incident on August 30, 2020.  In that case, it’s alleged that Little fired a number of pictures when fights broke out at a gathering of over 200 automotive fans within the parking zone of the Uwajimaya grocery retailer in Renton.  Little was noticed firing a gun into the air and right into a crowd of individuals.  In January 2021, Little was charged with second diploma homicide and assault.

The stolen firearm on this case was not the gun used within the Renton capturing.  The stolen firearm on this case was in the end recovered after a 3rd get together surrendered it to regulation enforcement.

The case was investigated by the Seattle Police Division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), with help from the Snohomish County Violent Offender Process Pressure, ,america Marshals Service, and the Marysville Police Division.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Kate Crisham.