The founding member of a motorcycle club in Stockton who pleaded guilty to unlawfully dealing firearms and possessing a machine gun was sentenced to over five years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
Jashanpreet Singh, 27, of Lodi, founded the Punjabi Devils Motorcycle Club, a Stockton-based club associated with the Hells Angels.
On June 6, 2025, Singh tried to sell several weapons to an undercover officer, including a short-barreled rifle, three assault weapons, three machine gun conversion devices and a revolver.
A search of Singh’s residence also uncovered additional firearms, including a machine gun, another machine gun conversion device, and a silencer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.
Officers also discovered a single “pineapple”-style capped and fused hand grenade, as well as what law enforcement believed was a military electronic capped “claymore” mine. According to prosecutors, Singh initially faced state charges in San Joaquin County related to his crimes.
In July 2025, he failed to appear in court, and the state court issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Later that month, the FBI received an alert that Singh had booked a ticket to India and was scheduled to depart from San Francisco International Airport on July 26, 2025. Instead, officers located and arrested Singh at the airport before he could flee.
Singh pleaded guilty in February was given a total of five years and four months in federal prison on May 11.