A 42-year-old man from Everett, Washington, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for eight federal felonies related to drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where David James Michael Jensen received the sentence after being convicted in September 2025 of five counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin addressed Jensen’s repeated offenses. “You were bringing dangerous drugs into the state. Drugs that are causing thousands of deaths in our country…. Your actions contributed greatly to that suffering…. You kept getting drugs and guns despite being repeatedly detained by police,” Judge Lin said.
Court records show that over three years, Jensen was arrested multiple times by Everett Police for activities involving drugs and firearms. On September 7, 2021, he fled a car accident but left behind a backpack containing identity documents and a loaded handgun. He was later charged and convicted for illegally possessing this firearm.
On April 7, 2022, Jensen was stopped for driving without a license. A search of his vehicle led to the discovery of several loaded firearms along with fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. These charges resulted in his conviction for possessing a firearm during drug trafficking—a crime carrying a mandatory five-year consecutive sentence.
Jensen faced another arrest on May 11, 2022, when police found him with heroin, methamphetamine, and another pistol while unlawfully possessing a firearm.
His next encounter with law enforcement occurred on July 31, 2024. Police observed him driving to a storage unit without a valid license; officers found narcotics on him at the time of arrest. Inside the storage unit were several firearms—including two untraceable “ghost guns”—ammunition, about 400 fentanyl pills, and several motorbikes (one reported stolen).
On December 27, 2024, Everett Police saw Jensen placing bags into different vehicles in Seattle. After obtaining a search warrant for one vehicle they found a loaded Glock handgun as well as fentanyl, heroin, and drug paraphernalia. Following this incident Jensen was transferred to federal custody and indicted on federal charges.
Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hobbs advocated for the lengthy sentence: “Jensen was caught on multiple occasions with firearms and distribution quantities of drugs. He was clearly redistributing drugs and was in possession of firearms while doing so. Jensen clearly had no regard for the law, returning to possessing drugs and guns despite being detained for doing so on multiple occasions… Jensen’s actions placed the community, law enforcement, and himself at risk.”
The investigation involved both the Everett Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hobbs prosecuted the case.
