A 37-year-old Vallejo man has pleaded guilty to assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon and a vehicle, a U.S. Attorney reported.
Sean Thomas Delapp entered the plea Thursday in a federal courtroom in Sacramento, said Phillip A. Talbert, who leads the U.S. Department of Justice’s Eastern District of California.
According to court documents, Delapp assaulted two FBI special agents by pursuing them with his car, pulling up alongside them, and aiming a firearm at them through the window, making a recoil motion with the firearm.
A search warrant at his residence yielded the discovery of a Glock 29 firearm, ammunition, and various firearm parts. Delapp cannot possess firearms or ammunition because he is a previously convicted felon, Talbert noted in a press statement.
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Delapp, who is represented by Vallejo criminal defense attorney Daniel Russo, was scheduled for a status conference Thursday when he entered his plea, scheduled to be heard by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian T. Kinsella led the prosecution.
Delapp was booked into Sacramento County Jail on Sept. 6 last year and remains in custody there without bail. He is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 31 and faces a maximum prison term of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
Any sentence, however, would be determined at the court’s discretion and federal sentencing guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
The case, part of Project Safe Neighborhood, stemmed from an investigation by the FBI, the California Highway Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.