A Gainesville girl has been indicted in federal court docket on a cost of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in accordance with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of Florida.
Jomekia Archer, 46, of Gainesville, faces as much as 15 years in jail if convicted. U.S. Lawyer John P. Heekin introduced the cost.
Archer appeared in federal court docket for an arraignment earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Midori A. Lowry in Gainesville. A jury trial is scheduled for June 17, 2026, earlier than Chief U.S. District Choose Allen C. Winsor, additionally in Gainesville.
The case is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Gainesville Police Division. Assistant U.S. Lawyer Tyler Fleming is prosecuting the case.
Federal prosecutors mentioned the case is a part of Operation Take Again America, a nationwide Division of Justice initiative aimed toward combating violent crime, unlawful immigration, cartels and transnational prison organizations.
An indictment is simply an allegation and isn’t proof of guilt. Archer is presumed harmless except and till confirmed responsible past an inexpensive doubt in court docket.
