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Date: 08-29-2023
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Case Number: 1:22-cr-00131
Judge: Jeffrey U. Beaverstock
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Mobile County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Mobile
Defendant's Attorney: Larry Moorer
Description: Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The sentences will run concurrently. Clemons entered a guilty plea to these offenses on April 27, 2023.
On January 10, 2021, officers initiated a traffic stop on a black Cadillac Escalade. The vehicle appeared to be racing another vehicle and was traveling at approximately 105 mph in a posted 50 mph zone. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was identified as Cleo Clemons, age 41. Clemons was found to have a felony warrant for his arrest. Inside the vehicle officers located a Taurus 9mm pistol, loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition. Clemons’ DNA was found on the firearm.
On July 28, 2022, a warrant was issued with the federal indictment for the January 10 incident. On December 26, 2022, a Mobile Police Department officer was traveling south on Mobile Street approaching Spring Hill Avenue. He observed a black GMC Denali pull out of the gas station in front of him. The officer knew that the driver of that vehicle, Clemons, had felony warrants from FBI for firearm charges. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but Clemons did not stop and made several turns down residential streets at high speed. Clemons led officers on a seven-mile chase that reached speeds of up to 80 mph in residential areas before he was taken into custody. Inside the vehicle the officer located a 16-round magazine in the center console and a loaded Smith and Wesson SD9VE semiautomatic pistol wedged between the cover of the sunroof and the sunroof. There was also an extended magazine in the same spot.
Clemons had been previously convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine).
Chief Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock imposed a 57-month sentence of incarceration and a 3-year term of supervised release upon his discharge from prison. Chief Judge Beaverstock ordered that Clemons pay $200 in special assessments.
The Mobile Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Kacey Chappelear prosecuted the case.
POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY PROHIBITED PERSON (FELON)
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Outcome: The defendant is committed to the BOP for a term of 57 MONTHS as to each of Counts One and Two; said terms to run concurrently with each and with the related state case. SRT THREE (3) YEARS as to each of Counts One and Two; said terms to run concurrently. The defendant shall participate in drug and/or alcohol treatment as directed by the Probation Office. Model search condition imposed. SA $200.00
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