Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jordan Isaiah Howard, 19, who was arrested on April 15 for violating community control (house arrest), has now been charged with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
Howard was on juvenile probation in December 2022 when he fired multiple times from the back seat of a car that drove through Eastwood Meadows while children were playing outside. Howard, who was 17 at the time, was charged as an adult and entered an open plea of nolo contendere to firing a weapon into residential buildings, shooting from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a person, discharging a firearm in public, and possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent (a juvenile convicted of an offense that would be a felony for an adult) who is under 24.
A letter of support submitted by a family member in May 2023 states that Howard is “an exceptional young man… He simply has fallen into growing pains associated with peers that he should have steered clear from… I feel that with the proper social outlet for Jordan he can continue on the path he was on prior to these stumbling blocks. We his family and friends ask that Jordan be given another opportunity to prove he is a vital proactive part of society.”