Wilmington Gang Member & Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison
Monday, January 20, 2025, 2:00 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
RALEIGH, NC.- On Friday, a 26-year-old Wilmington, North Carolina, man, a gang member, and cocaine trafficker will be spending the next sixteen years in federal prison after he was sentenced in connection with leading Police Officers on a foot chase with a bag containing cocaine and a fully automatic machine gun.
On Friday, January 17, 2025, Kevon Bracey, 26, of Wilmington, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever, III, to 196 months in federal prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release for his previously entered guilty pleas to federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses.
Bracey previously appeared on September 3, 2024, and pleaded guilty before Judge Dever to the charges filed in an information.
According to U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr., and documents filed in the District Court, on February 22, 2024, during an ongoing investigation into narcotics distribution in the Turners Run area of Wilmington, Police Offices approached a motor vehicle, in which Bracey was a passenger. Bracey exited the vehicle carrying a bag and began to flee on foot. After a brief foot pursuit, Police Officers apprehended and detained Bracey. Police Officers conducted a search of the area and found the bag which Bracey had exited the vehicle with.
A subsequent search of the bag by Police Officers uncovered a fully loaded 9mm handgun that had been converted into a fully automatic machine gun with an extended magazine. In addition, the bag contained quantities of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine.
Police Officers identified Bracey as a known member of a street gang. During a records check, Police Officers discovered that Bracey has an extensive criminal history, including convictions for possession of a stolen firearm, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and distribution of heroin in 2017, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and discharging a firearm within city limits in 2020. in 2021, Bracey was again convicted of possession of a stolen firearm by a convicted felon.
Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction from owning or possessing a firearm and ammunition.
