Deandrea Darnelle Young, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, Alabama 2023

A convicted felon has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for illegally possessing ammunition in Alabama.

Deandrea Darnelle Young, 37, of Tuscaloosa, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler on February 27, 2023, for being a felon in possession of ammunition.

According to evidence presented at trial, on February 27, 2022, a Tuscaloosa Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop on Young. Upon making contact with Young, the officer asked for his driver's license and insurance. Young ignored the officer's repeated requests for information and fled from the scene in the vehicle. The officer chased Young and found the vehicle abandoned in an apartment complex. During the search of the vehicle the officer found 10 rounds of Igman 9mm ammunition underneath clothing belonging to Young. The officer did not find a firearm.

Young is prohibited from having ammunition because of multiple prior felony convictions. Young was convicted on January 10, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. On August 15, 2012, he was convicted in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and of two counts of Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, First Degree. On November 9, 2011, Young was convicted in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, of Burglary, First Degree and of Unlawful Possession of Marijuana First Degree.

Young is a convicted felon with a long history of violating the law.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated the case along with the Tuscaloosa Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brittney L. Plyler and Catherine Crosby prosecuted the case.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama, in partnership with local law enforcement, will continue to focus on removing firearms and ammunition from prohibited persons to reduce violent crime in our communities.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/convicted-felon-sentenced-63-months-prison-illegally-possessing-ammunition