Davon Lymon, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., stood before a federal judge today and admitted to illegally possessing a firearm on May 27, 2016—another conviction stacking up against a man already linked to the fatal shooting of Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster.
Lymon pleaded guilty to Count 2 of a four-count superseding indictment charging him with violating federal firearms laws. This latest guilty plea adds to a growing list of federal convictions: Chief U.S. District Judge M. Christina Armijo already returned a guilty verdict against Lymon on Count 4, which alleges he was a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on October 21, 2015—the same day he allegedly shot Officer Webster. Webster died nine days later from injuries sustained in the incident.
Despite the federal convictions, Lymon has yet to face trial in state court on a murder charge connected to Webster’s killing. He remains presumed innocent under state law until proven guilty. The plea agreement now in place will see Counts 1 and 3 of the indictment—charging Lymon with firearm possession on May 27, 2015, and possession of a stolen firearm in May 2015—dismissed after sentencing on Counts 2 and 4.
Lymon, a prior felon with convictions for voluntary manslaughter, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fraud, and forgery, is no stranger to the federal system. In a separate federal case, he pleaded guilty on May 9, 2016, without a plea deal, to two counts of distributing heroin on September 11 and October 2, 2015, and to unlawful firearm possession on October 2, 2015, all in Bernalillo County.
At sentencing—date pending—Lymon faces a statutory maximum of ten years in prison on each of the three firearm convictions. On the two heroin distribution charges, he could be sentenced to up to 20 years each. The cases were investigated by a multi-agency task force including the ATF, APD, FBI, U.S. Marshals, New Mexico State Police, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, Rio Rancho Police Department, and New Mexico Transportation Police.
The two federal cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jacob A. Wishard and Kimberly A. Brawley as part of a federal anti-violence initiative targeting New Mexico’s most dangerous repeat offenders. With the state’s violent crime rate among the highest per capita in the nation, federal and local agencies are collaborating to remove chronic offenders like Lymon from communities such as Bernalillo County for as long as possible.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Weapons
- Source: Official Source ↗
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