Schenectady Man Sentenced to 67 Months for Unlawful Firearms Possession
Keeshawn Nesbitt, a/k/a Keesshawn A. Nesbitt, a/k/a Big Homie, age 37, of Schenectady, New York, has been sentenced to 67 months in prison for unlawfully possessing three firearms and ammunition.
The sentence was handed down by Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn after Nesbitt pled guilty to the charges.
The charges stem from three separate incidents in which Nesbitt, who was legally prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions, unlawfully possessed and sold firearms in Schenectady and unlawfully possessed ammunition in the Bronx.
Specifically, on May 2, 2014, Nesbitt unlawfully possessed and sold two firearms, a Springfield Armory, Model XD, .40-caliber pistol and a Raven Arms Model MP25, .25-caliber pistol, and on May 14, 2014, Nesbitt unlawfully possessed and sold a Norinco Model 54-1, .762-caliber pistol in Schenectady. On March 8, 2015, Nesbitt unlawfully possessed seven 9-millimeter ammunition cartridges in the Bronx.
Nesbitt pled guilty to the Bronx conduct on July 7, 2016 and to the Schenectady conduct on March 15, 2017. The Bronx case was brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and was transferred to the Northern District of New York to be resolved with the Schenectady case.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Schenectady Police Department, the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office, and the New York City Police Department, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sean O’Dowd in the Northern District of New York and Assistant United States Attorney David Zhou in the Southern District of New York.
Nesbitt will also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after his prison sentence.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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