A former Michigan state representative will serve two years of probation after pleading guilty to bringing firearms into a Saginaw hospital.
Jones, 30, was sentenced Monday by Darnell Jackson in Saginaw County Circuit Court. In January, he pleaded guilty to one count of carrying a concealed weapon, a five-year felony, and one count of possessing a firearm on restricted premises, a 90-day misdemeanor.
Sentence Details
Jones received:
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Two years of probation
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Credit for two days served in jail
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Six months on a GPS tether
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$390 in fines and costs
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A $30 monthly supervision fee, doubled to $60 during the tether period
“Mr. Jones, I suggest while you’re on probation with me that you stay out of trouble,” Jackson told him during sentencing.
Defense attorney Alan A. Crawford noted Jones’ advisory sentencing guidelines were zero to nine months and asked for probation with limited tether time. He also said Jones forfeited his gun ownership rights by pleading guilty.
Incident at Covenant HealthCare
The charges stem from an Aug. 26 incident at Covenant HealthCare, located at 700 Cooper Ave.
Security Officer Anthony Teneyuque testified that around 1 a.m., he approached Jones in a third-floor waiting room after receiving a report of an armed visitor. Jones acknowledged he had a firearm and indicated it was inside a nearby jacket.
Security recovered a Glock handgun from the jacket sleeve and found two magazines in Jones’ pockets, including one 30-round magazine. Responding officers later found a second firearm — a Zenith ZF5K pistol — inside a backpack Jones had left in a patient’s room. Both guns were unloaded.
Jones reportedly told police he had come from a shooting range and did not have a secure place to store the firearms.
Prior Legal Issues
Jones, an Inkster resident, was elected in 2016 to represent Michigan’s 11th House District, becoming the youngest state representative in Michigan history at age 21. He served three terms before leaving office in 2023.
In 2022, Jones pleaded guilty to multiple offenses related to a 2021 drunken driving crash, including resisting police and weapons possession while intoxicated. He was sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act to probation and was discharged in December 2023.
Under the new sentence, Jones will remain under court supervision through 2028.