Woman Pleads Guilty In Case Of Guns Tied To Saquan Hall Homicide

ALEXANDRIA, VA—A woman pleaded guilty Friday in a case tied to legally-purchased guns found at an Old Town Alexandria homicide scene last year. Edna Aminata Conteh, 22, made the guilty plea in relation to giving false statements to investigators.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives opened an investigation into her buying guns for people other than herself in July 2016. Prosecutors say Conteh began buying guns from licensed sellers when she turned 21. Between May 20 and June 23, 2016 she bought eight guns, according to court documents.

At the time, she told AFT agents the guns were stolen from her car, but investigations showed a friend had sold the weapons to other people. After this interview, Alexandria Police recovered two of the guns at a homicide scene in Old Town Alexandria.

Alexandria Police spokesperson Crystal Nosal told Patch the guns were tied to the Saquan Hall murder case. Hall was killed July 2, 2016 what prosecutors believe was a revenge killing in the 1000 block of First Street . The suspect, DiJuan Marquie Clark, was the brother of Pierre Clark, who had been killed in Old Town June 8, 2016 in the 1000 block of Montgomery Street. According to authorities, Dijuan Clark believed Hall had killed his brother. He faces 31 years in prison after pleading guilty and being sentenced this year.

Authorities found another gun while searching a home with a warrant in July 2016, while another was found during a traffic stop in Prince George's County the following month. Four others have not been recovered.

According to the plea agreement, Conteh faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and three years of supervised release. She faces sentencing on March 23, 2018.

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