Sean Christopher Henderson, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Maryland 2022

Greenbelt, MD – Sean Christopher Henderson, a 36-year-old man from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Henderson pleaded guilty to two counts of the crime and will serve 3 years of supervised release after his prison term.

The guilty plea and sentence were announced by U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division, Chief Malik Aziz of the Prince George’s County Police Department, and Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy.

‘We are successfully reducing and preventing crime by removing guns and repeat offenders from the streets by any legal means necessary,’ said U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron. ‘But our comprehensive violence prevention strategy also includes reaching out to at-risk youth and sponsoring reentry fairs to provide resources to returning citizens to help them succeed. We remain laser-focused on reducing crime in Maryland.’

According to his guilty plea, Henderson had a previous felony conviction, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Despite this, Henderson admitted to possessing two separate loaded firearms on November 9, 2020, and October 3, 2021.

On November 9, 2020, PGPD officers responded to an address in District Heights, Maryland, for a reported shooting and located an individual matching the description of the shooter, later identified as Sean Henderson. Officers recovered a black 9x19mm semi-automatic pistol, loaded with one round in the chamber and eight rounds in the magazine. Investigation revealed that the gun had been reported stolen in Virginia on March 29, 2020.

On October 3, 2021, a PGPD officer responded to an address on Walter Lane in District Heights, Maryland, and found Henderson slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. Officers removed the gun, a 9x19mm semi-automatic pistol, which contained 31 rounds of ammunition in the large capacity magazine and one round in the chamber. A search of the vehicle located 246 grams of marijuana on the floor of the front passenger area and two ounces of PCP in the driver side door compartment.

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, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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