BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been
sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of
Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
Deshawn Paul Hall, also known as Deshawn Paul Davis, was
convicted at trial on Aug. 31, 2016, of being a felon in possession of a
firearm, possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of crack
cocaine and was sentenced to 155 months in federal prison today by U.S.
District Judge Marcia A. Crone.
According to information presented in court, Hall was found
to be distributing crack cocaine out of a home on Magnolia Street in Beaumont,
Texas for over a year. During the investigation it was also revealed that Hall
was a convicted felon having been previously convicted in Jefferson County,
Texas of sexual assault in 1993; failure to comply with sex offender registry
in 2007; and possession of a controlled substance in 2012. When detectives and
officers with the police department executed a search warrant at the residence
where Hall was living illegally, investigators discovered that Hall was also
living with a juvenile female. Hall was also in possession of three firearms
and crack cocaine on that same occasion. Hall was indicted by a federal grand
jury on Sep. 5, 2015.
This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe
Neighborhoods, aimed at reducing gun and gang violence, deterring illegal
possession of guns, ammunition and body armor, and improving the safety of
residents in the Eastern District of Texas. Participants in the initiative
include community members and organizations as well as federal, state and local
law enforcement agencies.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Beaumont Police Department and
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods.
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