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Date: 01-25-2022
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00055-DCJ-JPM
Judge: David C. Joseph
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Rapides Parish)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Alexandria, Louisiana criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with felony possession of firearms.
Cortez Dayshon Duncantel, 27, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced to 130 months (10 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on firearms charges. The charges stem from an incident on June 4, 2019, when a Pineville Police Department officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Duncantel was a passenger in the vehicle and was detained during the stop. Officers conducted a pat-down search of Duncantel and found a loaded Glock pistol and a bag of suspected cocaine in his groin area. In addition, officers found a digital scale which Duncantel had in a waist pack around his shoulder. The suspected narcotics were sent to the crime lab for analysis and confirmed to be cocaine. Duncantel is a convicted felon, having previously been convicted of Possession of a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance in 2014 and was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Alfred James Kirk, 40, of Lecompte, Louisiana, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Kirk was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2021, and he pleaded guilty on October 4, 2021 to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On October 3, 2020, a Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle Kirk was driving for a traffic violation. When the deputy approached the car, he smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Deputies searched the vehicle and found small quantities of illegal drugs packaged for distribution, as well as a loaded pistol between the front driver and middle seat of the vehicle. Kirk has a lengthy criminal history of felony convictions and was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. His prior convictions were for illegal use of a weapon (2002); forgery (2004 and 2006); possession of stolen things (2013); simple escape (2013); possession of cocaine (2018); and possession with intent to distribute heroin, alprazolam, and methamphetamine (2018).
These cases were investigated by the ATF, Pineville Police Department, and Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office, and were prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica D. Cassidy and Brian C. Flanagan.
VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN - Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Offense with Forfeiture Notice
(2)
UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. - Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon with Forfeiture Notice
(3)
Outcome: Defendant sentenced to 60 months imprisonment as to Count 2, with credit for time served, and 70 months imprisonment as to Count 3, with credit for time served, to run consecutively with Count 2; upon release from imprisonment, supervised release for a term of 3 year as to Count 2 and a term of 3 years as to Count 3, to run concurrently; $200 Special Assessment ($100 for each Count 2 and 3)
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