Quintell Dewayne Gladney, Possessing a Firearm During the Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, Louisiana 2023

A Shreveport man has been sentenced to over 21 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm during the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to court documents, Quintell Dewayne Gladney, 45, was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 262 months (21 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. This sentence comes after Gladney pleaded guilty on July 31, 2023 to illegally possessing a firearm.

The case began on May 26, 2020, when officers with the Shreveport Police Department performed a traffic stop on a vehicle being driven by Gladney. The officer approached the vehicle and began a conversation with Gladney and noticed what appeared to be a firearm in his waist band.

Officers learned that Gladney was a convicted felon and asked Gladney to step out of the vehicle, but he refused. The officers then opened the door and removed Gladney from the vehicle for officer safety. A pat down search revealed that he did in fact have a loaded FN Herstal Model Five Seven 5.7x28 pistol in his waist band.

In addition to the firearm, officers found over $3,000 in cash in Gladney’s pockets, and several small bags of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana which were packaged for distribution in the vehicle. Over 41 rounds of 5.7x28 caliber ammunition were also found inside the vehicle.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Shreveport Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert F. Moody.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/shreveport-man-found-firearm-ammunition-and-narcotics-sentenced-over-21-years-federal