HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that DeCarlos Frazier, 32, of Chicago, Illinois, was found guilty after a three-day jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to documents in this case, on March 29, 2014 East Chicago Police observed two males loitering in the area of 149th and Baring Avenue. As officers approached in a marked squad car and attempted to make contact with the subjects, DeCarlos Frazier fled on foot tossing a.38 caliber revolver handgun from his person. When a criminal history was run, it revealed that Frazier had prior a felony conviction for aggravated robbery.
This case is a result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the East Chicago Police Department. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jennifer Chang-Adiga and Dean R. Lanter.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
