SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Tommy Devereaux Warren, 40, of Shreveport, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter to serve 57 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release following his incarceration, for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Judge Walter also sentenced Warren to serve an additional three months in prison for violation of his supervised release conditions.
According to information presented in court, Warren was a resident of the City of Faith Halfway house in Monroe and was serving a term of federal supervised release. As a resident of the halfway house, Warren was subject to searches of his property, which included a pickup truck he was allowed to drive and park on the property. Halfway house employees conducted a search of Warren’s vehicle on Dec. 11, 2018 and found a pistol in a bag behind the driver’s seat. They called Monroe Police who seized a Raven Arms pistol, model: MP-25,.25-caliber pistol loaded with seven rounds of ammunition. Warren pleaded guilty to the current federal charge on March 21, 2019.
Tommy Warren has prior felony convictions including a 2007 conviction in the Western District of Louisiana for possession of a firearm by a felon. Under federal law, convicted felons are not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.
The ATF and Monroe Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison D. Bushnell prosecuted the case.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. Project Safe Neighborhoods 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
