Founder of Northern California motorcycle club sentenced in federal firearms case
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- A federal judge sentenced Jashanpreet Singh to five years and four months in prison.
- He was convicted of unlawful dealing of firearms and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
- Authorities arrested him last year as he tried to board a flight to India.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Northern California man to five years and four months in prison after he was reportedly caught trying to sell several guns, including three assault weapons, to an undercover officer.
U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Jashanpreet Singh, 27, of Lodi for unlawful dealing of firearms and unlawful possession of a machine gun, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento announced Tuesday in a news release.
Prosecutors said Singh was the founder of the “Punjabi Devils,” a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle gang 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, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said investigators searched Singh’s San Joaquin County home and found additional firearms, including a machine gun, another machine gun conversion device and a silencer.
Investigators also found a pineapple-style capped and fused hand grenade at the Lodi home, along with what law enforcement believed was a military electronic-capped claymore mine, prosecutors said. The San Joaquin County sheriff’s Explosives Ordnance Detail bomb team safely destroyed these items at the scene.
The Stockton motorcycle club founder initially faced state charges in San Joaquin Superior Court stemming from the weapons seizure last year. On July 21, , Singh failed to appear in court. A Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
On July 23, the FBI received an alert from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that Singh had booked a flight to India and was scheduled to depart three days later from San Francisco International Airport. Authorities found and arrested Singh on July 26 at the San Francisco airport before he could board his flight.
