OAKLAND — Five years after his release from prison for voluntary manslaughter, a local resident has been arrested and charged in federal court with possessing a gun while allegedly selling crack cocaine, court records show.
The indictment against 46-year-old Jermaine Godfrey stems from a January bust where plainclothes Oakland officers allegedly observed Godfrey and his brother, Corntae Godfrey, handling bindles of crack and a firearm, prosecutors said. Corntae Godfrey is facing charges in Alameda County Superior Court.
Jermaine Godfrey was arrested in 2015, alongside 32-year-old Dwight Bradford, in the July 10, 2014, killing of 18-year-old Anaya Dominguez. In 2020, the two accepted plea deals with Godfrey receiving a six-year prison term — and being released from jail — and the suspected shooter, Bradford, accepting a 10-year sentence, court records show.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson cited Godfrey’s criminal history as a reason to keep him detained while the case is pending, writing in a court order that there is “strong evidence” Godfrey possessed multiple firearms and even after the manslaughter conviction “he continues to possess firearms and therefore poses a danger to the community.”
In 2022, Godfrey was arrested in Oakland with 401 “twists” of crack cocaine, as well as $2,006 in cash, according to police. Last June, he was again arrested with 115 cocaine baggies and $3,295, according to federal prosecutors.
In court filings, Godfrey’s lawyer described him as “a lifelong Oakland resident, a father to four children, and the son of an aging mother,” who has people “eager” to sign bond sureties to get him out of jail. His criminal history is “dated, largely non-violent, and reflects drug-related arrests and convictions,” the defense filing also argues.
Godfrey is next due in court in late October. If convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, records show.
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