A Jamestown man who was previously banned from owning a gun is headed to prison after being caught with a pistol.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Steven Glover, Sr., 41, was sentenced to serve 3 years and five months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who handled the case, stated that on the morning of Dec. 14, 2022, a Jamestown Police officer observed Glover in a vehicle. The officer knew that Glover was suspended from driving. The officer stopped the vehicle and made contact with Glover, who immediately advised that he had a pipe on his person. Glover then handed over a glass pipe that contained what appeared to be methamphetamine residue inside.

Glover was detained and a search of the vehicle recovered a digital scale with white crystal residue and a pistol. Glover was charged in New York State Court and released on bail.

In 2019, Glover was convicted of a felony in Chautauqua County Court and is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Bryan Miller, New York Field Division, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Field Division.