Reginald Lashawn Lockhart, Gun Offense, North Carolina 2014

Charlotte Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Gun Offense

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Reginald Lashawn Lockhart, 30, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to serve 180 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for a federal gun offense, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Lockhart was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Tompkins was joined in making the announcement by Wayne L. Dixie, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Charlotte Field Division, and Chief Rodney D. Monroe of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD).

According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 12, 2012, CMPD police officers received information that Lockhart was in possession of two stolen firearms. When law enforcement searched Lockhart’s Charlotte residence, they found a Smith & Wesson, .40 caliber pistol, which was loaded with 15 rounds. Law enforcement later determined that the pistol was stolen.

Court records show that Lockhart had six prior convictions for robbery with a dangerous weapon and two prior convictions for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Lockhart’s prior convictions prohibit him from carrying a firearm. Lockhart pleaded guilty in April 2013 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was sentenced as an armed career criminal.

Lockhart has been in federal custody since November 2012. He will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.

The investigation was handled by ATF and CMPD. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. Gleason of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte.

Lockhart’s sentence serves as a reminder of the serious consequences of violating federal firearms laws. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to work with its law enforcement partners to prosecute those who break the law and put our communities at risk.

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