ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk sentenced Demarko Nelson to 46 months in prison today. The 23-year-old Berkeley, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in December, to three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
On March 2, 2020, Nelson ran a stop sign at the intersection of Clara and Etzel Avenues in the City of St. Louis, while driving a Pontiac G6. Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department stopped the vehicle. After identifying Nelson, a convicted felon, officers found two handguns. They seized the loaded gun on Nelson’s side of the vehicle and released a purple handgun located on the other side of the vehicle to the registered owner in the passenger seat.
On April 9, 2020, Nelson was riding in his friend’s Dodge Challenger on Interstate 70. Nelson’s friend was driving approximately 100 miles per hour when a tire blew, causing the friend to lose control. The car left the road, ripped through a chain-link fence, struck a streetlight and overturned on Bircher Boulevard in St. Louis. At the hospital, officers found two clear baggies of marijuana and more than $6,000 in the friend’s fanny pack. Back at the scene, an SLMPD accident investigator found a loaded purple handgun near a storm sewer just feet away from the Challenger. The firearm was later confirmed to be the purple gun from the original incident.
On August 20, 2020, the United States Marshals Service apprehended Nelson at his home in St. Louis County. While clearing the house, the U.S. Marshals discovered two bags containing 9.64 grams of fentanyl. U.S. Marshals also found a stolen handgun in Nelson’s bedroom.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and United States Marshals Service investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Zack Bluestone is handling the case.
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