Dayton man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for federal gun charge
A Dayton man is going to spend more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal gun charge.
Aaron Doakes, 33, was sentenced to 100 months in prison for possessing firearms and ammunition after being convicted of a felony crime.
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The charge stemmed from a February 2020 incident where officers were investigating the circumstances of a firearm that was visible in an unoccupied, running vehicle near Uptown Lounge on West Third Street in Dayton.
Doakes returned to the vehicle with the vehicle’s key fob, but ran away from law enforcement, according to court documents. As he ran, police said Doakes discarded a Glock 9mm magazine that was loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition.
Officers later executed a search warrant and found four additional firearms and nearly $10,000 in cash in Doake’s residence and on his person.
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He pleaded guilty to the possession charge in September 2021 in U.S. District Court.
Doakes has previous convictions, including various violent assaults, including with a deadly weapon.
