ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke man, who was charged but later acquitted in state court of a May 2019 murder that took place on Denniston Avenue in the City of Roanoke, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint out of the Western District of Virginia on federal firearms charges related to the same incident.
Demarcus Sahiquan Glenn, 23, was charged by state authorities with murder, attempted robbery and use of a firearm in commission of each of those crimes in relation to the May 2019 murder. At his trial, Glenn testified that he arrived at the location to engage in a drug transaction during which, according to Glenn, the victim pulled a gun on him. Glenn testified he pulled his own gun from his pocket and shot and killed the victim, T.P., who was 16 years old.
“It is a federal crime to use, carry, brandish, or discharge a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug transaction. My office is committed to playing a role with its federal, state, and local partners in addressing the gun violence in Roanoke,” United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh said today. “If you shoot and kill another person in the Western District of Virginia, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is going to follow the facts and the law and seek federal charges when appropriate.”
“The FBI is committed to working with the United States Attorney’s Office to address drug activity and violent crime in the Roanoke area,” Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division said today. “We will continue to work with our partners to vigorously investigate and hold accountable those who pose risks to our communities and encourage residents to immediately report incidents to local law enforcement or the FBI through tips.FBI.gov.”
Glenn was arrested yesterday and charged with using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and brandishing and discharging said firearm. If convicted, Glenn faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum term of life imprisonment. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Coleman Adams, Kristin B. Johnson and Matthew Miller are prosecuting the case.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders works together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develops comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders, and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
A criminal complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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