CORAM MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING A LOADED PISTOL AND 8 OUNCES OF COCAINE

(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced today that David Wilson, 42, of Coram, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty in April to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree.  Wilson had been found in possession of a loaded pistol modified to function as a machine gun and several ounces of cocaine.

“A drug dealer with an illegally modified firearm poses a clear threat to public safety,” said District Attorney Tierney. “Anyone who brings dangerous drugs and illegal weapons into our community will be caught and prosecuted. We remain committed to working with our law enforcement partners to get these illegal substances and firearms off our streets.”

According to court documents and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, during the early morning hours of March 3, 2023, members of the Suffolk County Police Department executed a search warrant at Wilson’s home in Coram. Wilson was found in possession of eight ounces of cocaine, a loaded pistol modified to function as a machine gun with an extended magazine, packaging materials, a digital scale, and more than $11,000 in cash.

David Wilson had been previously convicted of several narcotics and weapons related felonies in January 2016, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony.

Additionally, in August 2004, Wilson was convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a Class E felony. In June 2003, Wilson was convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony.

On April 5, 2024, Wilson pleaded guilty to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, an A-II felony, before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz.

On October 2, 2024, Justice Horowitz sentenced Wilson to 10 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision. He was represented by George Duncan, Esq.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wickers of the Narcotics Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Narcotics Section.

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