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Date: 04-25-2021
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Case Number: 5:20-cr-00105-EEF-MLH
Judge: Elizabeth E. Foote
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Caddo Parish)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms.
Jawon Montray Grant, 32, of Shreveport, was charged with being a felon in possession with a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g).
According to information presented to the court at the guilty plea hearing, Louisiana State Police troopers observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation on May 31, 2019 and attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle stopped abruptly in the middle of the street and the driver, later determined to be Grant, exited the vehicle and fled on foot. Law enforcement officers gave chase and observed Grant throw a black object to the ground behind a residence. Officers went to that location and found the object was a loaded pistol with an extended magazine. There were other passengers in the vehicle that Grant abandoned, including three small children. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and came to the scene and told officers that she allowed Grant to use the vehicle. Grant was later arrested and charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Grant has previous felony convictions in Caddo Parish for simple burglary in 2017 and attempted possession of a firearm by a felon in 2018.
The ATF and Louisiana State Police conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant sentenced to 42 months imprisonment, to run concurrently with any state sentence imposed in Docket No 373200, 1st JDC, Caddo Parish; upon release from imprisonment, supervised release for a period of 3 years; $100 Special Assessment
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