United States of America v. Quan Nguyen

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.



On October 4, 2019, an officer with the Henrico Police department conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Quan Nguyen, 29, at a motel known as a hotspot for narcotics trafficking. After a trained narcotics K-9 alerted to the odor of narcotics on Nguyen's vehicle, officers searched the car and found a loaded semi-automatic pistol and cocaine. Officers also obtained a search warrant for Nguyen's room at the motel. A search of Nguyen's hotel room turned up cocaine, a digital scale, packaging materials, marijuana, and another loaded semi-automatic pistol. Nguyen's fingerprint matched a fingerprint recovered from the loaded pistol in the hotel room.



Nguyen was previously sentenced in 2016 to 28 months' imprisonment by the same Court following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.



Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Charlie J. Patterson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr.



Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kenneth R. Simon, Jr. and Stephen W. Miller prosecuted the case.

Defendant was sentenced to 5 years in prison.