NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A man has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison for firearm and federal drug charges on Thursday in Newport News, a release states.

Booking photo of Jermaine Damon Outlaw provided by the Newport News Police Department.

According to officials, on Aug. 29, 2019, 39-year-old Jermaine Outlaw was detained by officers at a Best Western hotel in Newport News on multiple outstanding felony warrants for his arrest.

After being detained, Outlaw was found to be in possession of 1.36 grams of cocaine, $855 and a loaded illegal handgun. Outlaw’s phone was also recovered, which showed regular conversations which confirmed his distribution of cocaine and other illicit substances.

Outlaw, who has 20 previous convictions ranging from drug and gun charges to assault, and was arrested in 2019 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, leaving her with cuts, bruises and fractured bones.

On Nov. 21, 2024, Outlaw was sentenced to a total of 17 years and six months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

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