Louisiana Felon Sentenced to 8 Years in Connection With Firearms Charges
Louisiana Felon Sentenced to 8 Years in Connection With Firearms Charges
New Orleans, Louisiana – On October 7, 2022, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Warren Picard, age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on October 5, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to a 96-month (8 years) term of imprisonment.
Picard pleaded guilty to a two-count superseding bill of information charging him with conspiracy to conspiracy to possess a firearm by a felon, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, and misprision of crime, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 4. The punishment given is 60 months (5 years) in prison for the firearms violation and 36 months (3 years) in prison for misprision of a felon, with both terms to be served consecutively.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that brings all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve together to minimize violent crime and gun violence and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy to strengthen PSN on May 26, 2021, based on the following core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
United States Attorney Evans commended the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the New Orleans Police Department for their work in investigating this case. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Greg Kennedy.
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