SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport felon pleaded guilty on Jan. 15, 2019 to lying on an application to buy a firearm at a pawnshop.
Jacory Dejuan Robinson, 23, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to one count of providing a false statement to a firearm dealer. According to the guilty plea, Robinson filled out paperwork on March 28, 2018 at a Shreveport pawnshop to purchase a handgun. He marked “no" in the box asking if he had ever been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, even though he had previously pleaded guilty on May 2, 2017 to one count of misdemeanor simple battery of his girlfriend in Greenwood, Louisiana.
Robinson faces up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. The court set the sentencing date for May 1, 2019.
The ATF conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Crawford is prosecuting the case.
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 reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
