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NEW ORLEANS MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR GUN VIOLATION
April 2, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MILTON JONES, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to thirty (30) months imprisonment for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced U. S Attorney Jim Letten.
In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Vance imposed three (3) years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment when the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate any terms of his supervised release.
According to court documents, on January 14, 2008, JONES entered a guilty plea admitting that on March 13, 2007, he illegally carried a. .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, which he attempted to discard as New Orleans Police Officers approached him during proactive patrol in the 3100 block of Gravier Street. JONES, who had been previously convicted in state court for possession of heroin and the unlawful possession of firearms in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, was prohibited by federal law to carry a firearm.
The Court imposed a sentence within the recommended guidelines 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.
