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An Evansville man was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance.
Marquell Lockridge, 26, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. District Court in Southern Indiana.
“Illegally armed felons are a preventable source of the gun violence that threatens our neighborhoods and takes far too many lives,” said John Childress, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. “A successful return to the community from prison requires compliance with the law, including never again possessing a gun. I commend the ATF and Evansville Police Department for keeping the community safe by getting this felon off the streets.”
In the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2024, officers with the Evansville Police Department were dispatched to a gas station for a report of a disturbance in the parking lot, according to court documents.
When officers arrived, they located a woman who said Lockridge had pulled out a gun and pointed it at her.
When Lockridge saw the officers walk toward him, he allegedly jumped into his vehicle and tried to leave the scene but couldn’t shift the car into drive.
Officers asked him to step out of the car and, once he did, Lockridge tried to run from the scene, according to court documents. He was quickly tased and arrested.
Lockridge allegedly admitted to police that he had a loaded gun on him, and during a search of his person, officers found a plastic bag containing Oxycodone pills and over $20,000 in cash, according to documents.
Lockridge had been previously convicted of domestic battery, felony pointing a firearm at another, and felony theft of a firearm.
These convictions prohibit him from legally possessing a firearm.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Evansville Police Department investigated this case.
The case is United States of America v. Lockridge, 3:24-cr-46
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