Felon Sentenced for Unlawful Firearm Possession

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Quintan Kimbrough, 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Kimbrough to 90 months in the Bureau of Prisons.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After his release from prison, Kimbrough will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On June 10, 2022, Omaha police officers observed a silver Pontiac turn right on North 24th Street without coming to a complete stop at the stop sign. The vehicle was then observed driving in excess of the posted speed limit on North 24th Street before turning left on Ogden Street without signaling the turn. A traffic stop was made as the vehicle pulled into the driveway of a private residence where Kimbrough was contacted as the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle.

Officers detected signs of impairment and a DUI investigation was completed. Eventually, Kimbrough was placed under arrest for DUI 4^th Offense. Kimbrough's vehicle was searched, and officers located a Ruger .45 ACP handgun, fully loaded with a 15-round magazine in a brown leather handbag on the driver's seat of the vehicle.

Kimbrough was prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions, specifically:  robbery (2008) in Douglas County District Court, Nebraska; being a felon in possession of a firearm, in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska (2010); and possession with the intent to distribute (2015) in Douglas County District Court, Nebraska, on two occasions. 

Kimbrough was sentenced to 180 days in jail and his license suspended for 15 years for the state DUI conviction. 

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive and the Omaha Police Department.