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Indictment — United States v. Jackson (Dkt. 1, filed 2025-11-10)
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An indictment returned by the Special April 2025 Grand Jury in United States v. Charles Xavier Jackson and Trevon Barker, Case 1:25-cr-00730, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, filed November 10, 2025 as Document #: 1. It charges a conspiracy under Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, alleging that the defendants conspired to deal in firearms without a license and to make false statements on ATF Form 4473. It alleges that Jackson acted as a straw purchaser for Barker and others, buying firearms from licensed dealers in Texas. The indictment includes a forfeiture allegation listing pistols and ammunition.
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Filed November 10, 2025 in Charles Xavier Jackson; one of 1 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
|---|---|
| Filed | 2025-11-10 |
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“Indictment — United States v. Jackson (Dkt. 1, N.D. Ill.).”
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, No. 1:25-cr-00730, Doc. 1, filed 2025-11-10. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-charles-xavier-jackson-ilnd-489598/2025-11-10-gov-uscourts-ilnd-489598-1-0-doc-1/
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FIL/1E0/2D025 AXK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LERTKH,OUM.SA. DISTRICT COUR
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EASTERN DIVISION
1:25-cr-00730
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Judge Thomas M. Durkin
No. Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain
v. RANDOM / Cat. 4
Violation: Title 18, United States Code,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON and Section 371
TREVON BARKER
UNDER SEAL
The SPECIAL APRIL 2025 GRAND JURY charges:
1. At all times material to this Indictment:
a. Federal law required that a firearms dealer engaged in the
business of dealing in firearms be licensed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”);
b. In connection with an individual’s purchase of a firearm from a
federal firearms licensee (“FFL”), the transferee/buyer was required to complete an
ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record, which required the transferee/buyer
to, among other things, provide information concerning the transferee’s/buyer’s
name, age, and place of residence and certify that the transferee/buyer was the
actual transferee/buyer of the purchased firearm;
c. An individual known as a “straw purchaser” was one who, when
purchasing a firearm from an FFL, falsely certified on an ATF Form 4473 Firearms
Transaction Record that the individual was the actual transferee/buyer of the
firearm, when, in fact, the individual bought the firearm on behalf of someone else;
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d. Defendant CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON was a resident of Texas.
JACKSON did not possess an ATF license to engage in the business of dealing in
firearms; and
e. Defendant TREVON BARKER was a resident of Illinois. BARKER
did not possess an ATF license to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.
2. Beginning in or around June 2020, and continuing until in or around
December 2020, at Chicago, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, and
elsewhere,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON and
TREVON BARKER,
defendants herein, did conspire with each other and others known and unknown to
the grand jury to:
a. not being a licensed firearms dealer, manufacturer, importer, or
collector within the meaning of Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code, willfully
transfer, sell, give, transport, and deliver a firearm to another individual, including
TREVON BARKER, who the transferor knew and had reasonable cause to believe did
not reside in the state in which the transferor resided, in violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 922(a)(5); and
b. knowingly make any false and fictitious oral and written
statement and to furnish and exhibit any false, fictitious, and misrepresented
identification in connection with the acquisition and attempted acquisition of a
firearm and ammunition from a licensed dealer that was intended and likely to
deceive the licensed dealer with respect to any fact material to the lawfulness of the
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sale and other disposition of such firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section 922(a)(6).
3. It was part of the conspiracy that CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON acted
as a “straw purchaser” for TREVON BARKER and others, in that, at the request of
BARKER and others, JACKSON would purchase a firearm at an FFL in Texas on
behalf of BARKER and others but falsely represent on the ATF Form 4473 Firearms
Transaction Record that JACKSON was the actual transferee/buyer of the purchased
firearm.
4. It was further part of the conspiracy that CHARLES XAVIER
JACKSON, a resident of Texas, would provide the firearms he purchased in Texas to
residents of Illinois, including BARKER.
5. It was further part of the conspiracy that CHARLES XAVIER
JACKSON and TREVON BARKER did conceal and hide, and caused to be concealed
and hidden, the existence of and acts done in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Overt Acts
6. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to accomplish the objectives of the
conspiracy, defendants and their co-conspirators committed one or more overt acts in
the Northern District of Illinois, and elsewhere, which overt acts included but were
not limited to the following:
a. On or about July 10, 2020, CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON
completed an ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record in connection with the
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purchase of a Glock 43X 9mm semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number
BPHH926, from an FFL located in Copperas Cove, Texas.
b. On or about July 10, 2020, in Copperas Cove, Texas, CHARLES
XAVIER JACKSON obtained a firearm, namely, a Glock 43X 9mm semiautomatic
pistol, bearing serial number BPHH926, from an FFL located in Copperas Cove,
Texas.
c. On or about November 30, 2020, in or around Chicago, Illinois,
TREVON BARKER, using an electronic payment application, sent a payment of
approximately $630 to CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON.
d. On or about November 30, 2020, CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON
completed an ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record in connection with the
purchase of a Glock 45 9mm semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BNTT395,
from an FFL located in Copperas Cove, Texas.
e. On or about November 30, 2020, in Copperas Cove, Texas,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON obtained a firearm, namely, a Glock 45 9mm
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BNTT395, from an FFL located in
Copperas Cove, Texas.
f. On or about December 2, 2020, CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON
completed an ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record in connection with the
purchase of a Glock 43 9mm semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number ADWG248,
from an FFL located in Copperas Cove, Texas.
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g. On or about December 2, 2020, in Copperas Cove, Texas,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON obtained a firearm, namely, a Glock 43 9mm
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number ADWG248, from an FFL located in
Copperas Cove, Texas.
h. On or about December 3, 2020, CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON
completed an ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record in connection with the
purchase of a Glock 27 .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number
BRGU056, from an FFL located in Copperas Cove, Texas.
i. On or about December 3, 2020, in Copperas Cove, Texas,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON obtained a firearm, namely, a Glock Model 27, .40
caliber semiautomatic pistol bearing serial number BRGU056 from an FFL located
in Copperas Cove, Texas.
j. On or about December 22, 2020, in or around Chicago, Illinois,
TREVON BARKER, using an electronic payment application, sent a payment of
approximately $700 to CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON.
k. On or about December 22, 2020, CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON
completed an ATF Form 4473 Firearms Transaction Record in connection with the
purchase of a Glock Model 19 9mm semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number
BPZY757, from an FFL located in Killeen, Texas.
l. On or about December 22, 2020, in Copperas Cove, Texas,
CHARLES XAVIER JACKSON obtained a firearm, namely, a Glock 19 9mm
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semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BPZY757, from an FFL located in
Killeen, Texas.
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
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FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
The SPECIAL APRIL 2025 GRAND JURY alleges:
1. Upon conviction of an offense in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Section 371, as set forth in this Indictment, defendants shall forfeit to the United
States of America any firearm and ammunition involved in and used in the offense,
as provided in Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(d)(1), and Title 28, United
States Code, Section 2461(c).
2. The property to be forfeited includes, but is not limited to, a Glock 43X
9mm semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BPHH926; a Glock 45 9mm
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BNTT395; a Glock 43 9mm
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number ADWG248; a Glock 27 .40 caliber
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BRGU056; a Glock 19 9mm
semiautomatic pistol, bearing serial number BPZY757; and associated ammunition.
A TRUE BILL:
FOREPERSON
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
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