GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – Federal prosecutors said on Thursday a Anne Arundel County man pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon after shooting at Secret Service security agents with a ghost gun. service.
The US attorney’s office said Jeremiah Peter Watson, 24, of Hanover, drove to the entrance of a US Secret Service facility and positioned his vehicle to block the driveway last February.
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Watson got into a fight with security officers when they asked him to move. One officer thought he was armed with pepper spray that sprayed Watson after he reached into his pocket. Watson then withdrew and drove away.
However, Watson returned, and the officers saw a flash of gunfire coming from the driver’s side window toward them. Watson fired at least four more shots before he drove away, authorities said.
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When police identified his home from his license plate, they searched his residence and found a privately manufactured handgun with no serial number, also known as a ghost gun.
Watson will be sentenced to 10 years in federal prison under a plea agreement, if a federal judge approves, the US attorney’s office said.
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