{"id":40026,"date":"2026-08-21T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=40026"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:28:29","slug":"tallahassee-man-indicted-for-possession-of-a-machine-gun-postal-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/08\/21\/tallahassee-man-indicted-for-possession-of-a-machine-gun-postal-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Man Indicted for Possession of a Machine Gun & Postal Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tallahassee, Florida<\/strong> \u2013 8\/18\/26 – Yasir Jaimon Za\u2019Quis Hawkins, 20, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of Postal Service key, and possession of stolen mail. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges.<\/p>\n

Hawkins appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick in Tallahassee, Florida. Jury trial is scheduled for September 29, 2026, before Chief District Court Judge Allen C. Winsor.<\/p>\n

Hawkins faces up to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment on the possession of a machine gun count; up to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment on the possession of Postal Service key count; and up to five years\u2019 imprisonment on the possession of stolen mail count.<\/p>\n

This case was jointly investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Emma Schwan is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government\u2019s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.<\/p>\n

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the Department of Justice\u2019s nationwide initiative that brings federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, and other public safety partners together to coordinate efforts to combat violent crime and make communities safe. Coordinated by U.S. Attorneys\u2019 offices in each of the 94 federal districts, PSN is tailored to particular communities to strategically address specific violent crime and public safety challenges. As a key component of Operation Take Back America, PSN serves a central role in the Department\u2019s commitment to make our country safe. PSN emphasizes three core principles: rapid federal response to violent crime and criminal offenders; strong, strategic partnerships among law enforcement at all levels; and accountability and deterrence through the prosecution of the most serious, readily provable offenses and other strategies. These efforts complement and strengthen President Trump\u2019s Homeland Security Task Forces, ensuring a comprehensive federal response to the most pressing public safety issues facing communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation\u2019s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. To access available public court documents online, please visit the\u00a0U.S. District Court for the Northern District of\u00a0Florida<\/span><\/a>\u00a0website. For more information about the United States Attorney\u2019s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndfl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tallahassee, Florida \u2013 8\/18\/26 – Yasir Jaimon Za\u2019Quis Hawkins, 20, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of Postal Service key, and possession of stolen mail. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges. Hawkins appeared in federal court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-postal-crime","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40027,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026\/revisions\/40027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}