FREDRICK DONTAE SLADE, Drug and Firearm Offenses, North Carolina 2024

Burlington Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses

A Burlington man was sentenced to 9 years in prison after pleading guilty to a drug charge and a related firearm charge.

FREDRICK DONTAE SLADE, 50, was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment plus 3 years supervised release by the Honorable Loretta C. Biggs, Senior United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

According to court records, on March 23, 2022, Alamance County Sheriff’s Office deputies approached SLADE while he was parked at a local business after noting SLADE was driving on a suspended license and had completed a suspected drug delivery. SLADE refused officer commands to get out of the vehicle.

SLADE was found to be in possession of over 8 grams of cocaine base and a tan polymer “ghost gun,” similar in design to a Glock pistol, which is more difficult for law enforcement to trace.

The gun was loaded and attached to a 50-round drum magazine with thirteen rounds of ammunition in it. Attached to the weapon was a “Glock switch,” which functions as a machine gun and allowed the Glock-type ghost gun to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.

SLADE pleaded guilty on June 5, 2024, to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), and one count of felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).

The case was investigated by the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by MDNC Assistant United States Attorney Lindsey A. Freeman and former Assistant United States Attorney Jack M. Alsup.

This case is 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 gun violence.

SLADE was ordered to forfeit a Glock-type privately made pistol and 9mm ammunition. He will also serve 3 years supervised release after his prison term.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdnc/pr/burlington-man-sentenced-drug-and-firearm-offenses