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Description: Norfolk, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a machine gun.

Shy’Quan Dodson, 25, possessed a machine gun on July 18, 2021. That day, Norfolk police officers were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Tunstall Avenue in Norfolk, where they observed multiple individuals shooting at each other. The individuals fled in three separate vehicles, and during the ensuing pursuit a firearm was tossed from the rear of the vehicle. After a 15-minute pursuit that ended in a crash in Portsmouth, the defendant was detained while attempting to flee on foot from the vehicle. The firearm tossed from the vehicle was a Glock with an attached component that converted the handgun into a fully automatic machine gun.

A search of Dodson’s cell phone showed photos of him holding the weapon, and a primer residue test revealed that Dodson had primer particles on his hands from the discharge of a firearm. Dodson’s phone also contained communications with another individual related to the buying and selling of machine gun conversion kits. According to court filings Dodson is a member of the Norfolk-based Kai Gang, a criminal street gang.

Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ramin Fatehi, Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney; and Charlie J. Patterson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Washington Field Division, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys William B. Jackson and Joseph DePadilla and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Graham M. Stolle are prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

T.18:922(o) and 924(a)(2) - Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun / T.18:924(d) and T.28:2461(c) - Criminal Forfeiture
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T.26:5841, 5861(d), and 5871 - Possession of an Unregistered Firearm
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Outcome: 08/11/2022 Reset Hearing as to Shy'Quan Dodson: Sentencing set for 8/12/2022 at 11:00 AM in Norfolk Courtroom 1 before District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. (ONLY CHANGE - COURTROOM DESIGNATION) (wtuc) (Entered: 08/11/2022)
08/11/2022 23 Letter from A. Negron (Munn, Emily) (Entered: 08/11/2022)
08/11/2022 24 RESPONSE by USA as to Shy'Quan Dodson re 22 Position on Sentencing (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Jackson, William) (Entered: 08/11/2022)

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