Dequan Farlow, Illegally Possessing a Firearm, New Jersey 2017

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Newark Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearm

A Newark man has been sentenced to 94 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

Dequan Farlow, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler after previously pleading guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Farlow was arrested by Newark police officers on June 30, 2017, after he allegedly shot a speaker next to his ex-girlfriend’s mother and struck the mother with the gun at her residence in Newark.

Farlow admitted that he knowingly possessed a loaded Hi-Point JCP semi-automatic handgun, despite having at least one prior felony conviction in Essex County Superior Court. As part of his plea agreement, Farlow also acknowledged that he knowingly fired the gun on June 30, 2017.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Chesler sentenced Farlow to three years of supervised release. U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

He also thanked officers of the Newark Police Division, under the direction of Department of Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose, for their assistance. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason S. Gould of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark. Defense counsel is Patrick McMahon Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark. U.S. Attorney Carpenito praised the law enforcement agencies involved in the case for their diligent work in bringing Farlow to justice.