NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that STEPHAN MITCHEL THOMAS, age 24, of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced today for federal firearms violations and Hobbs Act robberies.
According to court documents, THOMAS and others robbed drug dealers at gunpoint on July 11, 2016 and on Sept. 1, 2016. For this conduct, THOMAS pleaded guilty to two counts of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. THOMAS also pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm silencer, a short-barrel rifle, and a sawed-off shotgun, without registering these firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced THOMAS to 113 months of imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release after imprisonment, and a mandatory special assessment of $600.
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U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Hammond Police Department, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
