Date: 08-15-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. John Morgan, Jr.; Roriguse Jordan

Case Number: 5:23-cr-00066

Judge: S. Maurice Hicks, Jr.

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Caddo Count)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office ub Shreveport

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Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Firearm from Pawn Shop and Numerous Loaded Firearms
Theft of Firearm from Pawn Shop and Numerous Loaded Firearms Found in Possession of Convicted Felon Leads to Federal Prison for Two Shreveport Men

John Morgan, Jr., 22, of Shreveport, was charged for possession of firearms by a convicted felon. On April 9, 2023, Shreveport Police Department Community Response Unit (CRU) was conducting a pro-active patrol when an officer observed a red Mercedes Benz travel westbound on Valley View Drive in Shreveport and saw the driver commit a traffic violation. The officer initiated a traffic stop but the driver of the Mercedes Benz did not immediately stop. Instead, the vehicle would begin to stop and then get back on the roadway and accelerate. The driver of the Mercedes Benz turned multiple times further into a neighborhood before stopping in a driveway on Liaison Street. Once there, the driver’s side door opened, and the officers made contact with the female driver. The driver and the front passenger, who was a juvenile, were ordered out of the vehicle and defendant Morgan, who was in the back seat behind the passenger’s seat was ordered out as well. Officers conducted a pat down of Morgan for weapons and observed an AK-47 style weapon protruding from underneath the front passenger seat, directly in front of where Morgan was seated. He was placed in handcuffs and the officer could see in plain view a clear extended handgun magazine underneath the front of the front passenger seat and marijuana residue on the front passenger floorboard. A search of the vehicle was conducted by Shreveport Police Department officers.

The search yielded four firearms: a Glock pistol, model: 23 Gen 4, .40 caliber; a Glock pistol, model 21 Gen 4, .45 caliber; a Bushmaster SBR model XM15-E2S 223-5.56mm caliber; and a Century Arms International AOW, model: Micro Draco, 7.62x39mm caliber. All of the firearms were loaded. The Micro Draco was found to have been stolen in 2019. Morgan has a previous felony conviction for illegal use of a firearm in 2023 and was prohibited from possessing any firearm or ammunition. He was indicted and pleaded guilty to the charge on December 15, 2023.

Roriguse Jordan, 30, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On January 6, 2023, around 4:30 pm, Jordan entered the Discount Jewelry and Loan (a Federal Firearms Licensee) at 2738 Mackey Lane in Shreveport. He spoke to an employee and recovered a TV he had pawned earlier and sold some jewelry. While he was there, he had to go back to his car and get his driver’s license. Jordan came back and pawned the jewelry and left. After he left, the employee noticed that a Glock 23, Model: Gen 4, Caliber: 40 pistol that had been on the counter was missing. After viewing the store’s surveillance video, Jordan can be seen at the counter, and while the store worker is distracted, taking the Glock firearm and tucking it in his waistband. The video then shows Jordan walk out of the store and retrieve his driver’s license. Jordan has a previous felony conviction for simple burglary in 2014 and was prohibited from possessing any firearm or ammunition. He was charged in an indictment and pleaded guilty February 26, 2024.

The cases were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Shreveport Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney J. Aaron Crawford.

Outcome:

Defendants were found guilty and

John Morgan, Jr. was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release,

Roriguse Jordan was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release

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