LAFAYETTE, La. –United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition after having previously been convicted of two felonies.
Shawn D’Anthony Brown, 21, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter on one count of felon in possession of a firearm. Brown was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to the November 8, 2016 guilty plea, Lafayette police stopped a black four-door vehicle not using headlights on September 27, 2015 on Celeste Street. Brown was searched, and a loaded .32 caliber revolver spray-painted gold was found in his front right pocket. After further investigation, law enforcement discovered that he had previously been convicted of two felonies.
This investigation and prosecution is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is a Department of Justice initiative to promote firearm safety and to reduce firearm crimes by preventing the possession and use of firearms by dangerous and persistent felons and others not authorized to possess a firearm.
The ATF and the Lafayette Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. McCoy prosecuted the case.