Date: 01-26-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. KEATON MANGHANE

Case Number: 2:23-cr-00050

Judge: Sarah S. Vance

Court: The United States Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for New Orleans

Eastern District of Louisiana

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Description:

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Machinegun on Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras Day.

KEATON MANGHANE, age 24, a resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance, after previously pleading guilty to possessing a machinegun in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(o) and 924(a)(2) to 20 months imprisonment, to run consecutively to any sentence ultimately imposed on his unrelated pending charges in Tennessee. This term of imprisonment will be followed by three years of supervised release. He also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

According to court documents, MANGHANE was carrying a loaded handgun equipped with a Glock auto-sear in his pocket, while walking on Bourbon Street around 2:00 a.m. on February 21, 2023, Mardi Gras Day. The auto-sear device turned the semi-automatic firearm into a fully-automatic machinegun. After MANGHANE’s arrest, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tested the firearm and confirmed that it functioned as a machinegun.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Berman of the Violent Crime Unit.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 20 months imprisonment, to run consecutively to any sentence ultimately imposed on his unrelated pending charges in Tennessee.

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