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Four Indianapolis men with previous felony convictions have been sentenced to federal prison for firearm crimes over the past two months as part of a program designed to get violent offenders off the streets.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced sentencings for the following individuals: Roscoe Nuckols, 39, Andres Espinosa, 37, Stephen Davis, 41, and Jarvis Watson Jr., 57. All four men were sentenced after being charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Nuckols was sentenced on Dec. 5 to 15 years and five months in prison. He was arrested in October 2023 after being found in possession of a 9mm handgun by police. Nuckols has three previous felony convictions for burglary, according to court documents.
Espinosa was sentenced on Dec. 15 to five years and 11 months in prison. He was arrested in August 2024 after police conducted a home detention compliance check on Espinosa, in which they found three handguns, a rifle, ammunition, holsters, and multiple handgun and rifle magazines, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Davis was sentenced on Dec. 8 to three years in prison. He was arrested in January 2024 during a traffic stop. During the stop, Davis was found to be wearing a firearm sling and admitted to having knives on him. Police found a loaded handgun in his vehicle, as well as a small baggie of amphetamines on him.
Watson Jr. was sentenced on Jan. 14 to five years in prison. He was arrested in December 2022 after police found his vehicle stopped and blocking traffic in Carmel. When officers searched his vehicle, they found a 9mm Smith & Wesson M&P Shield pistol on him.
The charges and subsequent sentencings are part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and gun violence.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Fishers Police Department, and the Carmel Police Department investigated the cases.
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