In United States District Court
For the District of Delaware
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Criminal Complaint
v.
CASE NUMBER: 08- /'/§°/U
DEVONTRE J. TAYLOR,
Defendant
l, the undersigned complainant, being duly sworn, state the following is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief. On or about June 23, 2008, in the District of Delaware, Defendant Devontre J. Taylor, after
having been convicted of a felony crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, did knowingly
possess in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce a firearm, in violation of Title Q, United States Code,
Section(s) 922{ g3{ 1 3 and 924§a3(2 3.
I further state that I am swom as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and am assigned to the ATF $7 J?
and that this complaint is based on the following facts:
& attached Affidavit
Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof: Yes
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Steven Parrott
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to the ATF
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,
June 23, 2008 at Wilmington, DE
Date City and State
Honorable Leonard P. Stark Lk
United States Magistrate Judge '
Name & Title of Judicial Officer Signature of Judicial Officer
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AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN PARROTT
l. Your affiant is Steven Parrott. Your affiant is a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and is
currently assigned as a Task Force Officer to the Wilmington, Delaware office of
the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Your affiant has
been a police officer for the city of Wilmington, Delaware for ten years. Prior to
your affiant’s employment with the city of Wilmington, Delaware your affiant was
a sworn police officer for ten years working in other states. In all your affiant has
twenty years of experience as a sworn police officer. Your affiant has attended and
completed training in police/law enforcement academies in the states of Florida,
Wyoming and Delaware. Your affiant has received training in the recognition of
firearms and the investigation of firearms offenses at all three of these academies as
well as regularly attending in—service training throughout your affiant’s career. Your
affiant has participated in the seizures of over fifty firearms and the investigation of
a substantial number of fireann related offenses. In addition your affiant has
participated in discussions about the facts and circumstances of firearms offenses
with other police officers, including but not limited to local, state and federal
officers, specific to their own knowledge, experience and training of such offenses.
2. Unless otherwise noted, the information in this affidavit is based on your affiant’s
personal knowledge and conversations with officers of the Wilmington, Delaware
Police Department and/or a Special Agent of the ATF who is specially trained in
the investigation of firearms related incidents and the interstate nexus of firearms.
3. The seizure of all the below listed evidence took place on June 23, 2008, in the city
of Wilmington, state and District of Delaware, as stated below to me by one or
more Wilmington Police Officers.
4. Your affiant reviewed the criminal history information for the Defendant
DEVONTRE TAYLOR from the Delaware Justice Information System and learned
that the defendant has a felony conviction for which he faced incarceration for more
than one year. That felony conviction was for Conspiracy 2nd degree. The
conviction was on or about July 17th, 2006, in the Superior Court of New Castle
County, Delaware.
5. Your affiant spoke to a Wilmington Police Officer hereinafter referred to as Officer
l and learned the following. Officer l was working in unifomr with other officers,
walking in an apartment complex in the city of Wilmington, Delaware.
6. Officer 1 told your affiant the following. The officers heard a woman screaming.
They followed the sounds of the screams and were able to determine the building
and apartment from which the screaming was coming. They heard a woman scream
for someone to get out of her apartment. They then heard a man yell that he had a
loaded gun.
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7. Officer 1 told your affiant the following. Officers entered the building and
approached the apartment. At that time the apartment door opened and the
defendant stepped out holding a rifle. The officers drew their weapons and arrested
the defendant. As they were taking him into custody he made the statement "It’s my
gun."
8. Another officer, hereinafter referred to as Officer 2, told your affiant that he read
the defendant his Miranda warnings at the police station. The defendant said that he
understood and agreed to answer questions. He told Officer 2 that the rifle was his
and that he had f`ound it.
9. Your affiant interviewed the defendant about four hours after his arrest. He said that
he had had been read his rights and knew that he didn’t have to speak to your affiant
and would be provided a lawyer if he so desired. He stated among other things that
he bought the gun "from a junl
defendant stated that he had the gun for protection because he hustles.
10. Your affiant viewed the seized weapon and found that it is an Ithaca Anns Model
M49R, .22 caliber long rifle, serial number 102840. It was loaded with four rounds
of ammunition when it was seized. lt appeared to your affiant to contain a frame
and receiver, and qualifies as a firearm.
l 1. Your affiant spoke with an ATF agent expertly trained in the interstate nexus of
firearms. That agent determined that the seized weapon was manufactured in a state
other than Delaware and therefore would have had to cross state lines prior to its
possession in Delaware.
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Wherefore, based upon your affiant’s training and experience, your affiant believes that
there is probable cause to believe that the defendant did possess in and affecting interstate
commerce, a firearm after having been convicted of a felony crime punishable by
imprisonment for a term exceeding one year in violation of Title 18 U.S.C., Section(s)
922(g)(1) and (924)(a)(2).
Steven P. Parrott
Task Force Officer, ATF
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal
Sworn and subjscribed in my presence
this Zi day of <-MC , 2008.
f\·Q,\,'?‘· M
The Honorable Leonard P. Stark
United States Magistrate Judge
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