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NEW ORLEANS MAN SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR GUN VIOLATION
April 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PATRICK WAYNE JONES, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to thirty-three (33 ) months of imprisonment for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced U. S Attorney Jim Letten. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Berrigan imposed three (3) years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment. During the three-year term, the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate any terms of his supervised release.
On January 23, 2008, JONES entered a guilty plea before Judge Berrigan admitting that on December 13, 2005 he illegally possessed a loaded semiautomatic rifle. JONES was prohibited under federal from possessing a firearm because he had a prior felony conviction in Orleans Parish for possession of heroin in 1999.
The Court imposed a sentence within the recommended guideline range. After sentencing,
JONES was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal’s Service to begin his term of imprisonment.
This investigation was handled by Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the officers of the New Orleans Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Abe McGull pursuant to the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program, the top domestic enforcement priority designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate violent gun crime in our communities.
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