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Date: 02-02-2023
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United States of America v. Quincy J. Arnold
Case Number: 1:21-cr-00172
Judge: Jorge L. Alonso
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm.
Quincy J. Arnold, age 49, of Bellwood, Illinois, illegally possessed the gun and drugs on Oct. 17, 2020, in Bellwood, Ill. Bellwood Police officers pulled over Arnold’s vehicle for a traffic infraction near a mall parking lot. The officers discovered the loaded gun concealed under the floor mat of the driver’s seat, within reaching distance of Arnold. Officers further discovered in Arnold’s possession the cocaine and heroin, which were packaged for sale in more than 360 individual baggies. Arnold admitted in a plea agreement that he intended to distribute the narcotics to others.
Arnold had previously been convicted of multiple felonies in state court and was not legally allowed to possess a firearm.
Arnold, 49, of Bellwood, Ill., pleaded guilty to federal firearm and drug charges.
The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Robert W. “Wes” Wheeler, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI; and Jiminez Allen, Chief of the Bellwood Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles W. Mulaney represented the government.
Holding illegal firearm possessors and drug traffickers accountable through federal prosecution is a centerpiece of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction strategy. In the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Attorney Lausch and law enforcement partners have deployed the PSN program to attack a broad range of violent crime issues facing the district, particularly firearm and drug offenses.
UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE
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VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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