Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on September 5, 2024, United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Anthony Lee Davis, age 32, of Indianapolis, IN, to serve 110 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for the offense of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
On April 16, 2024, Davis pleaded guilty to Count One of an Indictment charging him with the offense. Evidence introduced during a July 23, 2024 evidentiary hearing established that on October 23, 2021, Davis possessed a 9mm pistol and discharged this firearm at people and property while driving erratically around Minot, ND. Additionally, unprovoked, Davis fired this pistol at an individual driving a nearby vehicle. Two bullets from Davis’s firearm hit the driver’s side door of the vehicle and one bullet struck the driver in the left elbow. After shooting this individual, Davis crashed his vehicle, fled on foot while still possessing the firearm until he was arrested by members of the Minot Police Department. Law enforcement found multiple spent shell casings and at least one live round of ammunition in the crashed vehicle.
“This strong sentence is a fair one considering the defendant’s reckless violence and actions putting the public in harm’s way,” Schneider said. “We are grateful to our partners at the Minot Police Department and in federal law enforcement for bringing this defendant to justice. As this case shows, the United States Attorney’s Office will be absolutely unsparing when it comes to making federal defendants out of felons who illegally possess firearms.”
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), United States Marshals Service (USMS), and Minot Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan J. O’Konek.
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