Louisiana Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm, Faces Up to Ten Years in Prison

New Orleans, Louisiana – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, Joshua Reed, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a gun after having been convicted of a felony offense before United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle.

According to court papers, officers from the New Orleans Police Department contacted Reed at a gas station in New Orleans East. During a search of his vehicle, officers discovered a Glock pistol, which Reed admitted to having. Reed also admitted to having previously been convicted of burglary, a felony offense.

Reed faces a maximum sentence of ten years in jail, a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment charge.

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the core of the Department of Justice’s efforts to reduce violent crime. PSN is an evidence-based program that has been shown to reduce violent crime. PSN brings together a diverse range of stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime issues in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this plan, PSN focuses enforcement resources on the most violent offenders and collaborates with community-based prevention and rehabilitation initiatives to achieve long-term crime reductions.

The New Orleans Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Haller of the United States Attorney’s Office’s Violent Crime Unit.