Alphonse Bazile, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Louisiana 2024

New Orleans Man Sentenced for Firearms Offenses

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Alphonse Bazile, age 78, was sentenced on September 18, 2024 to 180 months incarceration, three (3) years of supervised release and the payment of a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.

Bazile was previously convicted of charges related to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). He was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8), and 2.

According to court documents, on August 17, 2022, New Orleans Police Department officers responded after learning that a shooting occurred at Bazile’s residence near Curran Boulevard and Haney Drive in New Orleans, LA. Surveillance footage revealed an earlier fight between juveniles outside of the residence.

Although the fight had ended and the juveniles dispersed, approximately 30 minutes later, a group of juveniles in a car returned while Bazile and co-defendant Rayshaud Green were standing outside. A few of the juveniles exited the car, armed with firearms, and approached Bazile and Green. Bazile told them to leave, and they did. Bazile and Green then returned to the residence. While inside, Bazile armed himself with a .32 caliber revolver and ammunition. Green armed himself with a Polymer 80 Model P940C, nine-millimeter firearm, with a Glock auto-sear that converted the weapon into an automatic machine gun.

Bazile and Green then exited the residence, firing at the juveniles, killing one. On September 8, 2022, Green was arrested in New Orleans. A search of a bedroom in Green’s residence uncovered the same firearm he used to shoot at the juveniles.

The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the New Orleans Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Trummel of the Violent Crime Unit handled the prosecution of this matter.

Alphonse Bazile, 78, and Rayshaud Green, 35, both of New Orleans, were charged with the following counts: Count 1: Being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). Count 2: Being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8), and 2. Count 3: Possession of a machine gun, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(o), 924(a)(2), and 2.

The defendants were sentenced on September 18, 2024. The case is part of a larger effort to reduce violent crime and gun violence in New Orleans and surrounding areas.

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