WILMINGTON — A Wilmington man pled guilty Thursday to a fire-arm related incident from March.
Jarmont Peters, 44, was sentenced by Judge Frank Jones to 45 to 67 months prison for discharging a firearm from an enclosure to incite fear, possession of a firearm by a felon, and assault with a deadly weapon.
The case was investigated by Wilmington Police Department’s Gun Crimes Task Force.
On March 2, 2023, Peters was involved in a domestic dispute with a female near the intersection of Sixth and Meares streets. While standing on the porch of a home on Meares, Peters fired a handgun one time in the direction of the female, who was standing about a block away. The victim was unharmed.
A Ring doorbell camera setup at the residence captured the incident.
Peters later admitted to throwing the gun in Greenfield Lake after the shooting. He’s prohibited from possessing firearms due to his lengthy criminal history, which includes multiple felonies.
“Our community has been marred by acts of gun violence recently, a great deal of which has been committed by prohibited possessors of firearms,” Assistant District Attorney Brad Matthews said in a press release. “We are going to continue to try to curb violent activity in Wilmington by aggressively prosecuting felons who illegally possess firearms, especially those who discharge those weapons, like this defendant.”
Matthews has filled the role of the county-funded gun crimes prosecutor the last year, a position District Attorney Ben David said in the release was a huge asset to the community.
“The focus of our office has always been on the prosecution of both violent crime and career offenders, and the actions of this defendant fall into both of those categories,” David said in the release.
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