RALEIGH — A federal judge sentenced Quashon Nixon, 32, to more than seven years in federal prison. Nixon pleaded guilty on Feb. 26, 2026, to possessing a gun as a convicted felon.
According to information revealed in the case, the FBI, along with local officers, searched for Nixon to serve him with outstanding warrants for violent crimes on Oct. 2, 2024. The officers located Nixon walking near a housing complex in Wilmington. When Officers took Nixon into custody, they found a loaded stolen gun stuffed in Nixon’s waistband. The officers also reportedly found crack cocaine, marijuana and hatchet inside of his book bag.
Nixon is a convicted felon and member of the Bloods street gang, according to authorities. His most recent conviction was for robbery with a dangerous weapon in 2015, felony assault causing physical injury to a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer in 2016, and felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury in 2018.
Ellis Boyle, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III imposed the sentence. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, Wilmington Police Department, and the FBI investigated the case. Former-Assistant United States Attorney Jermaine Sellers and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaren Kelly prosecuted the case.
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