Man accused of trying to shoot Louisville mayoral candidate pleads not guilty to federal charges

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The man accused of walking into the campaign office of mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg and firing a gun pleaded not guilty to federal charges on Friday.

Quintez Brown, 21, is charged with interfering with a federally protected right, discharging a firearm during a violent crime and attempting to kill a candidate for elective office.

Brown was arrested at home by federal agents on Wednesday night. While facing state charges, he was on home incarceration with an ankle monitor following his release on Feb. 16 after the Louisville Community Bail Fund posted his $100,000 bond.

Prosecutors plan to ask the judge to keep Brown in custody pending trial. He will remain incarcerated at least until a detention hearing next week.

Brown was arrested shortly after shooting Craig Greenberg in his office on Story Avenue in Butchertown on Feb. 14.

In April, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted Brown on an attempted murder charge and four counts of wanton endangerment.

Attorneys for Brown asked prosecutors to provide them with any evidence related to Brown's mental health that was presented to the federal Grand Jury before the detention hearing on Friday. Attorneys for Brown will argue that he should be released to receive additional mental health treatment.

"In each of those instances, the judges in those courts found that he was suffering from mental illness," said attorney Patrick Renn. "We want to get those records and have family members, friends, people that he's worked with to be able to present that evidence."

If convicted, Brown faces a minimum of ten years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.

Trial Attorney Jolee Porter, of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda E. Gregory, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky, are prosecuting the federal case.

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