Davenport Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Charge

DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Davenport man, Colique Depree Brown, age 28, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Following his imprisonment, Brown was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.

At approximately 4:00 a.m. on September 19, 2021, law enforcement observed two vehicles racing in Davenport. When a trooper attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle in which Brown was a passenger, the vehicle fled into Bettendorf, eventually crashing in a residential neighborhood. Brown was one of four occupants in the vehicle and fled on foot carrying a t-shirt. Brown ignored law enforcement’s directives, requiring an officer to tase him. As he was tased, the t-shirt flew out of his hands and landed in a nearby yard. After officers transported Brown to the Scott County Jail, he made a phone call in which he requested someone return to crash site and retrieve the handgun and to do so “before the sun come[s] up.” At approximately 6:30 a.m., a homeowner reported finding cocaine in their yard, which another occupant of the vehicle had discarded. When officers retrieved the cocaine, they also found a handgun near where Brown had been tased. The handgun had been reported stolen. Review of surveillance video showed the t-shirt land on the ground and an object bounce out of it. Brown pleaded guilty on May 2, 2022.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Bettendorf Police Department and the Iowa State Patrol investigated the case.