YOUNGSTOWN — A 26-year-old man has been convicted of a federal gun charge.
Yaumbrail Jones, who last gave authorities a West LaClede Avenue, Youngstown address, appeared via video Jan. 14 before U.S. Judge Benita Y. Pearson and pleaded guilty to one count of having a weapon as a felon.
Jones is scheduled to be sentenced 10:30 a.m May 6 at a federal courtroom in Youngstown. He remains in federal custody, records show.
The court action came after Jones and his attorney Nathan Ray agreed to drop an evidence suppression motion in the case. The defense had wanted to suppress any evidence found by Warren police in a search of a Fifth Street, Warren, apartment last summer. The defense also called for the judge to dismiss the case against Jones because the woman to whom the apartment was leased hadn’t given permission for police to search the place.