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Admission of Firearm Ownership Recorded as Three Men Are Sentenced in Federal Drug and Gun Cases

Court accounts published August 12, 2026 by three outlets describe separate defendants, separate admissions and sharply different sentences.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 12, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ET

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One of three men described in federal drug and firearm cases has admitted a central element of the government's case against him. KALB reported that Dequavious Wagner, 32, of Alexandria, Louisiana, admitted he owned a loaded firearm as part of his drug-trafficking activities. The government, according to KALB, says Wagner trafficked illegal drugs, transporting more than 100 pounds of drugs in an aftermarket compartment welded to the undercarriage of a Ram 2500 truck, and kept more drugs and a loaded pistol at his Alexandria home. All three cases had reached sentencing, according to the three reports; none of the reports says whether anything further remains to be decided in them. The three outlets describe different defendants and different conduct. WIS reported that federal prosecutors said Trevor Jones, 36, of Lexington County, was pulled over in November 2021 for an expired tag, and that an officer smelled marijuana, searched the car and found a clear plastic bag of marijuana in the driver's side door and another large bag in the center console, plus a stolen .40 caliber pistol loaded with 13 rounds in the glove box and a large amount of cash. KWQC reported that court documents said Devon Brown, 43, of Clinton, possessed nine pounds of methamphetamine packed for distribution, $8,000 and a pistol in a duffel bag. KWQC identified the prosecuting office in that case as the . The sentences reported differ widely and the outlets do not agree: two years in federal prison followed by two years of court-ordered supervision, according to WIS; 270 months in federal prison plus five years of supervised release, according to KALB; and 15 years in prison with a five year term of supervised release, according to KWQC. The charges reported across the three accounts are possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a stolen firearm, and intent to deliver methamphetamine. Investigating agencies named in the reporting include the Rapides Area Drug Enforcement Unit (RADE), RPSO and the University of South Carolina Police Department.

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    Added a third defendant and case from KWQC (Devon Brown, 43, of Clinton), the additional methamphetamine charge, the 15-year sentence figure, the Southern District of Iowa prosecuting office, and the publication date.

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