NEWARK, N.J. — A Paterson man has been convicted of illegally possessing ammunition as a felon after a foot chase with New Jersey State Police in 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said Friday.
A federal jury in Newark found Kendale Wilson, 39, guilty of being a felon in possession of ammunition following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.
According to evidence at trial, state troopers patrolling Paterson on April 6, 2024, saw Wilson near Union Avenue and Jasper Street. He ran down an alley, and during the chase he pulled a homemade firearm fitted with a high-capacity drum magazine holding 30 rounds from under his sweatshirt and threw it toward a driveway.
Wilson jumped a fence and kept running until other officers caught him around the corner, prosecutors said. Officers recovered the gun, the broken drum magazine and 29 rounds of 9 mm ammunition scattered across the driveway.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for March 23, 2027.
Special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under Special Agent in Charge Beau Kolodka, and the New Jersey State Police, under Superintendent Jeanne Hengemuhle, investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jake A. Nasar prosecuted it. Wilson is represented by attorney John McMahon.
This report is based on information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office press release
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