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Date: 07-26-2024
Case Style:
United States of America v. Franklin Douglas Hambrick
Case Number: 2:23-cr-00395
Judge: L. Scott Coogler
Court: The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (Montgomery County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Montgomery, Alabama
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Machineguns
Montgomery Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison Following Federal Gun and Drug Convictions
On January 6, 2022, law enforcement in Montgomery initiated a stop on a vehicle after observing a traffic violation. The driver, later identified as Franklin Douglas Hambrick, 35, from Montgomery, Alabama, fled the vehicle on foot but was apprehended after a short chase. Investigators searched a backpack Hambrick had with him. Inside the backpack, they found, a handgun, fentanyl, and marijuana. Hambrick has a previous felony conviction and is prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
On April 2, 2024, Hambrick pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Hambrick’s sentencing hearing occurred on July 22, 2024.
The Montgomery Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case, which Assistant United States Attorney Justin L. Jones prosecuted.
Outcome:
Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 90 months in prison
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