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ORLEANS PARISH MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
April 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ELROY LUMAR, 24, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before U. S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony, a violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.
LUMAR faces a maximum penalty of ten (10) years of incarceration and a $250,000.00 fine.
According to court documents, on September 5, 2006, New Orleans Police Officers executed an arrest warrant for LUMAR at his residence arising out of an earlier incident in which LUMAR was a suspect in an aggravated assault with a firearm. While executing the warrant, officers observed LUMAR in possession of an assault rifle and he was arrested without incident. Further investigation revealed that LUMAR was previously convicted in 2004 of a felony in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.
This case was investigated by Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the New Orleans Police Department.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Abe McGull of the Violent Crime Unit.
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