Evergreen Reporter

Daniel Wood, a 48-year-old resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been sentenced to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. This was announced by Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

The case involved collaboration between several law enforcement agencies. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Charlotte Field Division, and Chief Johnny Jennings of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) joined Acting U.S. Attorney Cameron in making the announcement.

Court documents and trial evidence revealed that on May 1, 2022, Wood attempted to enter a nightclub in Charlotte with a loaded gun concealed in his pants pocket. The nightclub's security discovered the weapon during a routine pat-down and handed it over to an off-duty CMPD officer. When questioned by the officer from his patrol vehicle, Wood claimed he had received the gun from someone else and forgot it was in his pocket. Due to prior felony convictions, Wood is legally barred from possessing firearms.

Wood will remain in federal custody until he is transferred to a facility designated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The investigation was conducted by ATF and CMPD. The prosecution team included Special Assistant U.S. Attorney William Wiseman and Assistant U.S. Attorney Regina Pack from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte. Mr. Wiseman serves as both a state prosecutor with the office of the 26th Prosecutorial District and as SAUSA with the U.S. Attorney’s Office under an assignment by District Attorney Spencer Merriweather.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an initiative aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence through cooperation among various levels of law enforcement and community engagement.