Free Complaint - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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AO 91 (Rev. 12/93) Criminal Complaint O
In United States District Court
For the District of Delaware
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Criminal Complaint
v.
CASE NUMBER: 08- A/\
DAWANN DIXON,
Defendant
I, the undersigned complainant, being duly sworn, state the following is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief On or about April 6, 2008, in the District of Delaware, Defendant DAWANN DIXON, 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( ggg 1; and 924§a)§2).
I further state that I am sworn as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and am assigped to the ATF
and that this complaint is based on the following facts:
Sg; 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,
April 7, 2008 at Wilmington, DE
Date City and State
Honorable Mary Pat Thynge ’ ·
United States Magistrate Judge / I I {ML
Name & Title of Judicial Officer Sign f Judicial Office l '

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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 firearm—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 ofthe Wilmington, Delaware
Police Department and/or a Special Agent ofthe 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 April 6, 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
DAWANN DIXON 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 Forgery 2"d degree. The conviction
was on or about April 4th, 2005, in the Superior Court of New Castle County,
Delaware. Your affiant also reviewed a copy of a Judgment against the defendant in
the United States District Court, District of Delaware, dated March 28th, 2007. That
Judgment showed that the defendant was convicted of being a Felon in Possession
of a Firearm under Case Number CR 06-68-1-JJF and was sentenced to be
imprisoned for a term of eighteen (18) months.
5 . Your affiant spoke to a Wilmington Police Officer hereinafter referred to as Officer
l and learned the following. Officer 1 was working in uniform in a marked police
car when he and other officers were dispatched to a certain address in the city of
Wilmington. Officers were advised that the defendant, who was named by the
caller, was at that address banging on the door. The defendant’s description,

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including his clothing, was also provided to officers. Officers were further advised
that the defendant was wanted on outstanding charges, which was confirmed by the
dispatcher prior to Officer 1’s arrival at the scene. Officer 1 had seen a wanted flyer
for the defendant and had it in his possession. Officer l reviewed the flyer while in
route to the given address.
6. Officer 1 told your affiant the following. When he arrived at the address he had
been dispatched to, he saw the defendant standing on the porch. He immediately
recognized the defendant as the person on the wanted flyer he had in his possession.
7. Officer 1 told you affiant the following. The defendant had his left hand concealed
in the front of his jacket. Officer 1 gave the defendant repeated commands to
remove his hand, which he eventually did. Officer 1 told the defendant to sit down
on the steps but the defendant did not comply. Instead the defendant picked up a
shopping bag he had next to him and tried to walk past Officer 1. Officer 1 then
grabbed onto the defendant, who began to resist. Officer 1 took the defendant to the
ground in an attempt to control him. Officer 1 held the defendant imtil another
officer arrived to assist him in handcufhng the defendant.
8. Officer 1 told your affiant the following. After the defendant was in custody,
Officer 1 walked him to the police car. At that time, Ofhcer 1 searched the
defendant. Officer 1 foimd a handgun concealed in the right front side ofthe
defendant’s waistband. The firearm was loaded with five rounds of ammunition in
its magazine and one round in its chamber.
9. Officer 1 told you affiant the following. He searched the defendant further and
found a purple cloth "Crown Royal" bag in the left pocket of the defendant’s jacket.
Inside that bag were twenty-one roimds of .25 caliber ammunition.
10. Officer 1 told your affiant the following. After transporting the defendant to the
Wilmington Police station he searched the defendant further. He foimd a clear
plastic bag containing a rock of a white, chunky substance in the defendant’s left
sock. Based on Officer 1’s training and experience the substance appeared to be
crack cocaine. Officer 1 conducted a field test on the substance and it was positive
for the presence of cocaine base. The weight of the substance and the bag was one
gram.
ll. Your affiant viewed the seized firearm. lt is a .25 caliber semi—automatic Dusek
handgun. Your affiant spoke with an ATF agent expertly trained in the interstate
nexus of firearms about the seized firearm. The agent stated that the seized firearm
was manufactured in a foreign country and would have had to cross state and
United States boundary lines prior to its possession in Delaware, thereby affecting
foreign and/or interstate commerce.

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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
and/or foreign commerce, a firearm, after having been convicted of a felony crime
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year in violation of Title l8
U.S.C., Section(s) 922(g)(l) and (924)(a)(2).
Steven P. Parrott
Task Force Officer, ATF
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence
this i day of @#7 , 2008.
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"P he Hon able Mary Pat J, ri';
h- ·. ed .· ates Magistrate Judge

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