A 19-year-old Orlando man will spend one and a half years behind bars for possessing a machine gun.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Jeremiah Cundiff to one year and six months in federal prison. He had pleaded guilty to the machine gun possession charge on October 31, 2024.
According to court records, on October 23, 2023, law enforcement officers located and apprehended Cundiff, who had an active warrant for his arrest.
Prior to detaining Cundiff in handcuffs, he attempted to flee and was observed “(making) a stealthy movement” in a nearby area. Officers searched this area and recovered a loaded firearm, which had a machine gun conversion device installed.
Commonly referred to as a “switch,” this type of machine gun conversion device is designed solely to convert a semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun, thus enabling the pistol to fire more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.
During an investigation, law enforcement discovered that Cundiff’s DNA was on the recovered firearm.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Noah P. Dorman.
Additionally, this case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence.
In July of 2024, an Orlando man pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered machine guns.
A few months later, in October of 2024, a Kissimmee man who sold over a dozen machine gun conversion devices to an undercover police officer received a 30-month prison sentence.
The following month, an Orlando man was sentenced to over two years in prison for possessing machine guns.