KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo man is now charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm for having a gun and fleeing into a crowd of marathon runners in May.
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten has filed the charge against 23-year-old Jaeontae Moore, and Moore faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
He allegedly pulled a gun on a woman near the Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon this year and fled into the runners trying to avoid being arrested.
Moore was quickly found hiding underneath a boat at a home on Chevy Chase Boulevard.
In addition to having a gun, Kalamazoo Public Safety officers found he had 20 packages of cocaine in the jacket he tossed away during his escape attempt.
Moore had also violated his parole in a previous armed robbery conviction.
He is also facing charges from the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office of resisting and obstructing arrest, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm with altered/obliterated identifying markings, and possession with intent to deliver cocaine.
Moore’s next court date is not yet known.
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