Newport News, Va. – Daquan Montreal Lane, 29, of Newport News, has been sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses.
On September 9, 2022, Newport News Police Department (NNPD) officers observed Lane driving with an improperly restrained seven-year-old child in the back seat. A traffic stop revealed a knotted, plastic bag of suspected narcotics in Lane’s hoodie pocket. Further inspection uncovered a firearm in the driver’s door.
Lane resisted arrest, resulting in additional narcotics falling from his pocket. The NNPD recovered various drugs: 8.37 grams and 4.69 grams of heroin and fentanyl mixtures, 8.19 grams of methamphetamine, and 4.71 grams of cocaine. A search of the vehicle yielded a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun, two digital scales with narcotics residue, a cell phone, and approximately 140 grams of marijuana in 12 bags.
Lane’s criminal history includes a 2013 conviction for shooting at an occupied building, attempted malicious wounding, use/display of a firearm during a felony, and reckless handling of a firearm. As a felon, he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
On October 30, 2023, Lane pleaded guilty to several charges: possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.