Punjabi Devils Founder Sentenced to 64 Months for Firearms Charges

Jashanpreet Singh, the 27-year-old founder of the Stockton-based Punjabi Devils outlaw motorcycle gang, was sentenced Monday to five years and four months in federal prison for unlawfully dealing in firearms and possessing a machine gun.

U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd imposed the 64-month term in Sacramento after Singh pleaded guilty in February to the federal charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The case stemmed from a June 2025 undercover operation in which Singh attempted to sell prohibited weapons, including assault weapons, machine gun conversion devices, a revolver and a short-barreled rifle, to an agent he believed was a buyer.

Authorities searched Singh's residence in Lodi following the transaction and recovered additional illegal items: a machine gun, another conversion device, a silencer, a pineapple-style hand grenade and components believed to be part of a military electronic Claymore mine. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad detonated the explosives at the scene.

Singh initially faced state charges in San Joaquin County but failed to appear in court on July 21, 2025, prompting a warrant for his arrest. U.S. Customs and Border...