INDIANAPOLIS – A convicted felon from Indianapolis has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Deeon Flowers, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, on October 17, 2020, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were dispatched to a gas station around 38th and Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis.
When officers arrived, they were told that Flowers had taken his girlfriend’s 11-year-old child without the mother’s permission. Officers located Flowers in the driver’s seat of a vehicle stopped at the gas station. The child was in the front passenger seat.
Officers observed a handgun magazine protruding from Flowers’ waistband and could also see marijuana in plain view in the center console area.
Police obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and recovered a loaded 9mm Taurus G2C, underneath the driver’s seat, as well as another loaded magazine from inside a lunchbox on the front passenger floorboard.
Flowers is a convicted felon and is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The firearm was swabbed for DNA, which was later determined to match Flowers’ DNA.
At the time of the offense, Flowers was on pretrial supervision after being charged with felony intimidation and misdemeanor domestic battery in Marion County, Indiana, in November of 2019.
Flowers, who was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon.
As part of the sentence, Judge Hanlon ordered that Flowers be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years following his release from prison.
U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelsey Massa who prosecuted this case.
This case was brought as part of the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force (ICGTF), a partnership of law enforcement officers and analysts from several central Indiana law enforcement agencies.
The LEATH Initiative, a partnership among the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the IMPD, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, also contributed to the case.
Additionally, this case is also 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 make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
Defendant: Deeon Flowers
Criminal Charges: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
City and State: Indianapolis, Indiana
Exact Date: October 17, 2020
Sentence or Outcome: 57 months in federal prison
Key Facts
- State: Indiana
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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