New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Gun Control Act

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DORIAN GIVENS, age 30, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to an Indictment charging him with violating the Federal Gun Control Act.

According to the court records, GIVENS on two separate occasions possessed a firearm after being convicted of distributing crack cocaine in a prior federal case.  In June 2016, police found GIVENS in possession of a gun in the driver’s side door panel of the vehicle he was in when he was shot several times.  In January 2017, police found a gun in a hotel room where GIVENS had been arrested.  GIVENS admitted on a recorded jail call to being in possession of that gun. 

GIVENS faces a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years on each count, as well as a fine of $250,000, and three years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.  U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan set sentencing for March 7, 2018.

Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the New Orleans Police Department, and the Jefferson Parish Sherriff’s Office in investigating this matter.  Assistant U.S. Attorney David Haller is in charge of the prosecution.