Shreveport felon sentenced to 57 months in prison for possessing pistol

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Dennis Lee Richardson, 29, of Shreveport, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for possessing a semi-automatic pistol.  He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.

On June 29, 2018, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at a Prentiss Street residence.  As the agents approached the home, they saw Richardson and his girlfriend sitting in a parked car in the driveway.  The agents also observed a loaded Glock semi-automatic pistol with an extended clip on the floorboard behind the front passenger seat.  Richardson is a convicted felon who pleaded guilty on March 10, 2014 in Caddo Parish for attempted illegal carrying of weapons while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.  Under federal law, felons are not allowed to possess a firearm or ammunition.  He pleaded guilty to the federal firearms charge on December 11, 2018.

The ATF and the Caddo-Shreveport Narcotics Task Force conducted the investigation.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica D. Cassidy and Earl M. Campbell prosecuted the case.

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