{"id":279279,"date":"2026-04-21T22:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:53:35","slug":"man-gets-46-months-in-federal-gun-case-that-started-with-berkeley-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279279\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 46 months in federal gun case that started with Berkeley crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND \u2014 A Bay Area man was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for having a gun that was found in his car after he allegedly crashed into two cars in Berkeley while drunk behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence for David Clayton Conerly, 48, was handed down on March 31 by Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, court records show. Prosecutors say that in February 2025, Conerly crashed his car in a Berkeley neighborhood, tried to walk away from the scene, struck an officer in the head, then gave a fake name to police.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities found a gun that had been reported \u201clost or stolen\u201d in the car, as well as a several ounces of marijuana, some hydrocodone pills, and a half-full bottle of gin, prosecutors said in court records. Conerly had five prior criminal convictions, including one that led to a 10-year prison sentence, and wasn\u2019t allowed to possess guns, court records show. He pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>A defense sentencing memo says Conerly suffered numerous traumas growing up during the \u201ccrack epidemic,\u201d including \u201cparental neglect, domestic violence and substance abuse by parental figures, poverty, (and) community violence. It says that he witnessed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2004\/07\/19\/police-look-for-suspects-in-berkeleys-1st-homicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2004 killing of his cousin<\/a>, Mario \u201cTip Toe\u201d Jackson, and \u201cscreamed for help and tried to revive his cousin,\u201d causing \u201cmajor trauma.\u201d More recently, he took advantage of volunteer opportunities In recent years, including by coaching youth football in the Berkeley neighborhood he grew up in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid has expressed deep remorse for the harm he has caused and takes responsibility for his actions, recognizing the lasting impact on others,\u201d a defense sentencing memo says. \u201cLooking ahead, David has set meaningful goals for life beyond incarceration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND \u2014 A Bay Area man was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for having a gun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[861,120380,120381,109814,862,143,145,144,120382],"class_list":["post-279279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-area-crime","tag-berkeley-crash","tag-berkeley-gun-case","tag-berkeley-murder","tag-california-crime","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-tip-toe-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}