Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A Montgomery County man has been sentenced for illegally possessing a Glock switch, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
Middle District of Alabama U.S. District Court Judge Myron H. Thompson sentenced Da’Quarious Lamarion Dudley, 21, of Montgomery, Alabama, to 20 months in prison. In March, Dudley pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a machinegun.
According to court documents, on February 9, 2024, officers with the Montgomery Police Department were alerted to a sighting of a stolen Mercedes Benz. Officers responded to the area and caught up with Dudley, the driver of the stolen vehicle. Dudley attempted to make a U-turn. Another officer blocked Dudley, preventing him from driving further. Dudley got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. During the chase, he grabbed a firearm in his waistband and threw it. Officers recovered a Glock 17 9mm pistol that had been converted to a machinegun using a machinegun conversion device, commonly referred to as a “Glock switch.” A search warrant of Dudley’s Facebook page revealed that he was regularly in possession of “switches” and even agreed to procure switches for other individuals in the Montgomery area.
ATF Nashville Division investigated the case along with the Montgomery Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin A. Keown, Sr. prosecuted the case.