Rocky Mount Gang Member Receives Fourteen Years in Prison After Running from Police with a Firearm

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for possessing a firearm while on post-release supervision for a prior federal felony.  This sentence is the result of a federal jury convicting Kalid Koron Ocean-Avent, 24, on a charge of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon on January 26, 2021. 

According to court documents and other information presented in court, Ocean-Avent, a member of the 9-Trey Bloods in Rocky Mount, led Rocky Mount Police Officers on a high-speed car chase through a residential neighborhood on January 16, 2020.  After Ocean-Avent wrecked the car into several parked cars, officers found a firearm and marijuana amongst Ocean-Avent’s belongings.  At the time of the incident, Ocean-Avent was serving a term of post-release supervision stemming from a federal drug charge the year prior.    

In issuing a 120-month sentence for the conviction and a 24-month consecutive sentence for the revocation of supervision, the Court noted the immediate lack of respect for the law and the danger posed by Ocean-Avent’s repeated criminal behavior.

G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The Rocky Mount Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated case and Assistant U.S. Attorneys J.D. Koesters and Nick Miller prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or on PACER by searching for Case No. 4:20-CR-17-D and 5:18-CR-487-D.