MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Monroe felon was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2019 to more than nine years in prison for possessing a 12-gauge shotgun.
Adrian Terrell Riser, 32, of Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced to 110 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty on one count of felon in possession of a firearm. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to the Sept. 10, 2018 guilty plea, a Monroe Police Officer observed Riser on Feb. 28, 2018 outside of an apartment on Richwood Road with a firearm in the left leg of his pants. He was arrested, and the weapon was found to be a Maverick Arms 12-gauge shotgun loaded with six rounds of ammunition. The defendant was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in 2012, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in 2014 and possession of cocaine in 2016. These felonies barred him from possessing a firearm under federal law.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and re-entry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
The ATF and the Monroe Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian C. Flanagan prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
