IMPERIAL MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING MACHINEGUN-CONVERTED GLOCK PISTOL

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — An Imperial, Pennsylvania, man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to possessing a Glock pistol equipped with an illegal machinegun conversion device during a law enforcement operation.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak sentenced Ja’Shon Spencer, 22, on June 17, 2026, to 36 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.

Federal prosecutors said Spencer possessed a Glock semiautomatic handgun equipped with a machinegun conversion device, commonly known as a “Glock switch,” during a drug transaction involving undercover law enforcement officers on June 16, 2025.

Machinegun conversion devices are designed to modify semiautomatic firearms so they can fire continuously with a single pull of the trigger. Under federal law, the conversion device itself is classified as a machinegun, and a firearm equipped with such a device is also legally considered a machinegun.

Federal authorities have increasingly identified machinegun conversion devices during criminal investigations across the United States. The devices are often small enough to fit in a pocket and can be installed on certain firearms in a matter of seconds, dramatically increasing a weapon’s rate of fire.

According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, firearms equipped with conversion devices can discharge multiple rounds per second, making them significantly more difficult to control and increasing the risk of injury or death during criminal incidents.

The Department of Justice has prioritized investigations involving machinegun conversion devices in recent years as law enforcement agencies continue reporting increased recoveries of illegally modified firearms during narcotics investigations, gang investigations, violent crime cases, and firearm trafficking operations.

Assistant United States Attorney Kelly M. Locher prosecuted the case.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.

The case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a federal initiative that coordinates federal, state, and local law enforcement resources to combat violent crime, firearm offenses, and repeat offenders.

Federal law generally prohibits the possession, manufacture, transfer, or sale of machineguns and machinegun conversion devices except under limited circumstances authorized by law. Violations can result in substantial prison sentences, fines, forfeiture of firearms, and extended periods of supervised release.

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