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Spencer Jean, 33, of Westbury, was found guilty of robbing a marijuana trafficker, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice, said John Marzulli, of U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan.
When sentenced, Jean faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years on the firearms count, and up to a total of 45 years on the other four counts.
The trial centered around an incident on March 20, 2018, on Middle Island in which Jean robbed $1,500 worth of marijuana from a drug dealer he had met at a halfway house following a 2016 firearms conviction, Marzulli said.
During the robbery, Jean pulled a 9mm Glock handgun loaded with hollow-point ammunition, and shot the victim in the leg at close-range. Shortly thereafter, he told a former girlfriend to provide an alibi for him by lying to law enforcement and falsely testifying at trial that he was at a nursing home in Medford at the time of the shooting, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
“Spencer Jean is a dangerous felon who used a handgun to commit a violent crime, and in doing so put others in the community at grave risk,” stated U.S.Attorney Richard P. Donoghue. “Stopping gun violence in the district is a continuing priority of this Office and our federal and local law enforcement partners, and we will be unrelenting in our efforts to hold violent offenders like Jean accountable.”
The case was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make neighborhoods safer for everyone, Donoghue said.
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