Raleigh County Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years for Illegal Firearm Possession
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Quenin Owen Brown, 34, of Shady Spring, Raleigh County, West Virginia, received an eleven-year and four-month federal prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms. The sentence was handed down today by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
The sentencing stems from an incident on December 28, 2024, in Nitro, where law enforcement officers, acting on a parole violation warrant, apprehended Brown. During the arrest, officers discovered a loaded HS Produkt (Springfield) Hellcat 9mm pistol concealed in a belly holster. A subsequent search of Brown’s vehicle revealed two additional loaded 9mm pistols: a Glock model 43 and a Taurus model G3. All three firearms were later resolute to be stolen.
Federal law prohibits individuals with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms or ammunition.Brown was aware of this prohibition due to previous convictions in Kanawha County Circuit Court for unlawful wounding (febuary 6, 2012) and fleeing with reckless indifference to the safety of others, coupled with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine (november 13, 2018).
United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the sentence, praising the collaborative investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Nitro Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney JC MacCallum prosecuted the case.
This matter is part of operation Take Back America, a national Department of Justice initiative focused on combating illegal immigration, dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protecting communities from violent crime.
Further information, including the full press release, is available on the website of the U.S.Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia: https://www.justice.gov/usao/wvs. Court documents related to the case (Case No.3:25-cr-84) can be accessed through PACER: https://pacer.login.uscourts.gov/csologin/login.jsf?pscCourtId=WVSDC&appurl=https://ecf.wvsd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/showpage.pl?16.
