Shreveport felon sentenced to nearly five years in prison for possessing .45-caliber pistol

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Shreveport felon was sentenced to 57 months in prison for possessing a .45-caliber pistol that he discarded while fleeing from police officers.

David Christopher Green, 22, of Shreveport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of felon in possession of a firearm. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to the March 8, 2018 guilty plea, Shreveport Police officers, who were patrolling the Clanton Street area June 21, 2017 in response to complaints of crimes and narcotics sales, observed Green and another individual standing in the roadway. After the patrol car stopped, the unnamed individual began approaching. The officers commanded the individual to stop, but instead, he and Green fled. Officers pursued and saw Green pick up an ice chest bag. Green tossed the bag in the corner of a fence as he fled and then went inside a Clanton home. They searched the home and found Green hiding behind a chair in a back room. The officers located the ice chest bag, which contained three large baggies of marijuana (approximately 82.9 grams); two large bottles of codeine syrup (approximately 840 milliliters ); a .45-caliber, Kimber semi-automatic handgun; and ammunition. Green has prior felonies, including a prior conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.   Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made turning the tide of rising violent crime in America a top priority.   In October 2017, as part of a series of actions to address this crime trend, Attorney General Sessions announced the reinvigoration of PSN and directed all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to develop a district crime reduction strategy that incorporates the lessons learned since PSN launched in 2001.

The ATF and Shreveport Police Department conducted the investigation.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Tennille M. Gilreath prosecuted the case.