Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Marangola, who is handling
the case, stated that according to the complaint, on July 18, 2018, Geneseo
Police Officer Dylan DiPasquale was on routine patrol when he observed a white
SUV on State Highway 63 commit various violations of the New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
The officer initiated a traffic stop and approached the
vehicle, but could not see inside because of its dark tinted windows. As
Officer DiPasquale approached, the defendant exited the vehicle through the
driver's side door. The officer observed a black, sub-compact pistol in
Morgan’s right hand and gave commands to the defendant who raised the handgun
and pointed it at Officer DiPasquale. According to Officer DiPasquale, the
defendant then went around the front of the vehicle, while a woman, who was
outside the passenger side of the SUV, pointed what appeared to be a handgun at
him. At this point, the officer fired one round from his service pistol.
Moments later, a SUNY Geneseo Police Officer arrived and they observed the
woman exiting a nearby cornfield, saying "I don't have a gun." The
woman, identified as Sandra Nadine Brown, was then taken into custody.
On July 18 and 19, 2018, Sandra Nadine Brown was interviewed
by investigators with the Livingston County Sheriff's Office. Brown told
investigators that she had known David Clyde Morgan for about two years, and
had been in a relationship with him for about six months. Brown also indicated that
she was aware the defendant was on federal parole but did not know why.
According to Brown, on July 11, 2018, the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office
executed "a raid" on Morgan’s house in Wilmington, North Carolina and
recovered three pounds of marijuana from the residence. According to Brown, she
and Morgan decided to run from North Carolina adding that Morgan obtained a .22
black pistol in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
When they were pulled over by law enforcement in Geneseo,
Brown told investigators that she and Morgan decided that Brown would point her
cell phone at the officer and Morgan would point his handgun at the officer.
Brown said their plan was to have law enforcement shoot at them and then run
into the cornfield next to where they got pulled over. They would run through
the field, meet up on the side of the road, and then go through the woods.
While Brown was taken into custody, Morgan escaped.
In 2002, Morgan was convicted of conspiracy to possess with
intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and sentenced to serve
211 months in prison. As a result of that federal felony conviction, the
defendant is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.
The complaint is the result of an investigation by the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of
Special Agent-in-Charge Ashan Benedict, New York Field Division; the U.S.
Marshals Service, under the direction of Marshal Charles Salina; the Geneseo
Police Department, under the direction of Chief Eric Osganian; and the
Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Thomas J.
Dougherty.
