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Description: Birmingham, Alabama criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
Dedrick Dawon McDowell, age 24, of Shreveport, Louisiana,
on November 18, 2020, Northport Police officers responded to a 911 call at mobile home park on Hunter Creek Road in Northport, Alabama. An agent with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force heard the police radio traffic and advised the responding officers that Dedrick Dawon McDowell, age 24, of Shreveport, Louisiana, had numerous outstanding felony warrants. Officers observed McDowell lying down in the back seat of a vehicle. McDowell was ordered out of the vehicle and was arrested on the outstanding warrants. Officers found two small bags of marijuana and $3,700 cash in McDowell’s pockets. The officers recovered a digital scale with cocaine residue, four bottles of Promethazine, most often mixed with a controlled substance to form the popular drug known as “lean”, from a backpack in the front passenger’s seat, orange pills that were confirmed to be Adderall, and a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber pistol on the back floorboard where McDowell had been hiding. The pistol was fully loaded with a round in the chamber.
On June 8, 2021, Tuscaloosa Police officers conducted a traffic stop on McDowell for speeding and failing to signal a lane change. Officers found hydrocodone pills, alprazolam pills, a small bag of marijuana, and $2,000 in McDowell’s possession. Officers then searched the vehicle and found a large bag of marijuana and a Glock .45 caliber pistol under the driver’s seat. The pistol was loaded with a high-capacity extended magazine. The pistol had been reported stolen to the Tuscaloosa Police Department in 2017.
ATF investigated the case along with the Northport Police Department and Tuscaloosa Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristy Peoples prosecuted the case.
18:922(g)(1) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. - Convicted Felon
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18:922(g)(1) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. - Convicted Felon
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Outcome: CBP 120 months as to Count 2, Sep Consec w/ Count 1 for a TOTAL TERM of 240 mos; SRT 36 mos w/ Spec Cond; No Fine; AF $200.00; Dft Remanded to Custody of USM
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