Reed was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for a machinegun and drug-trafficking firearm count.

A federal sentence after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the admitted counts. It is not a fresh accusation. U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson announced that Jeremiah Dashaun Reed, 25, of Charlotte, received 81 months plus three years of supervised release for a Glock converted with a switch and related firearm-and-drug counts from two August 2024 traffic stops. Ten days after a state arrest and bond release, he was stopped again with guns and narcotics, the office said.

On Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, Jeremiah Dashaun Reed, 25, of Charlotte, was sentenced in the Western District of North Carolina to 81 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. WSOC, covering the same announcement on Friday, Oct. 2, described the term as 6 years and 9 months. Reed pleaded guilty in March 2026 to possession of a machinegun and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. A sentence after a plea is the judgment on those counts.

According to the Justice Department account, Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers on Aug. 13, 2024, recovered a black Glock converted into a machinegun with a conversion device, or Glock switch, plus more than 300 pills of controlled substances after observing Reed with a firearm and making a traffic stop. He was released on bond on state charges. Ten days later, on Aug. 23, 2024, Mint Hill officers stopped his vehicle; he ran when told the car would be searched, was caught, and officers found a loaded Glock with an extended magazine under the driver's seat, a second firearm under the front passenger seat, and more narcotics and prescription drugs.

U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said Reed was back on the streets with a gun and drugs ten days after the state arrest, and that people who refuse to change after being caught will find themselves in the federal system. ATF, CMPD, and Mint Hill Police investigated. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte prosecuted. The Oct. 1 hearing imposed the federal sentence; it did not file a new charge.