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ORLEANS PARISH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
January 23, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PATRICK WAYNE JONES, 31, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to a violation of possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.
JONES faces a possible maximum penalty of ten (10) years of incarceration and a $250,000.00 fine.
According to documents filed in federal court, JONES was apprehended on December 13, 2005 by New Orleans Police Officers during a routine patrol call of a suspicious person in the 1900 block of St. Charles Avenue. The officers observed JONES in possession of a loaded semiautomatic rifle laying across the center console of the vehicle he had been driving. Subsequent investigation revealed that JONES had been previously convicted in Orleans Parish in 1999 for possession of heroin and was prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm.
This case was investigated by Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the New Orleans Police Department. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Abe McGull of the Violent Crime Unit.
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