Dequan Fuqua Gets 27-Month Federal Prison Term For Having Gun After Indictment For Attempted Murder Saturday, April 10, 2021
Dequan Fuqua
A Chattanooga man who was one of three men charged in connection with a July 4, 2016, shooting that left 31-year-old Natasha Jones with critical injuries has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison on a gun charge.
Dequan Kentrel Fuqua, 23, appeared before Judge Curtis Collier.
Fuqua had been arrested by federal agents on a charge of possessing a firearm while under indictment for a felony.
A federal agent said the Drug Enforcement Administration and Chattanooga Police executed a search warrant at 4683 Fall Creek Road last July 9.
Banks Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Exploitation Of 9-Month-Old, Transporting Pornography Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Anthony Brett Banks, 30, formerly of Kannapolis, N.C., was sentenced by Judge Curtis L. Collier, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday. As part of the plea agreement filed with the court, Banks agreed to plead guilty to a superseding indictment charging him with one count of transportation of child pornography, and one count of causing another person to transport and ship child pornography in interstate commerce.
Banks was sentenced to 480 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Banks will be required to register with state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions during his supervised release.
Banks Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Exploitation Of 9-Month-Old, Transporting Pornography Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Anthony Brett Banks, 30, formerly of Kannapolis, N.C., was sentenced by Judge Curtis L. Collier, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday. As part of the plea agreement filed with the court, Banks agreed to plead guilty to a superseding indictment charging him with one count of transportation of child pornography, and one count of causing another person to transport and ship child pornography in interstate commerce.
Banks was sentenced to 480 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Banks will be required to register with state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions during his supervised release.
Lowynn Young, the public defender representing his alleged killer
Eric Holder Jr., filed a bail reduction motion on behalf of her client. Young stated, “even a reduction of bail down to $4 million should satisfy any concerns by the court and the District Attorney.”
theGrio previously reported that Young’s claim is based on her argument that “the isolated nature of the case” makes Holder no public threat.
The motion, to which
Judge Curtis B. Rappé has given the prosecution until Tuesday, March 30 to respond, insists that the court’s reduction of Holder’s bail will not qualify him as a flight risk, as he doesn’t own a passport and has strong familial and community allegiances.
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