David Louis IV, Felon in Possession of Firearm, Louisiana 2026

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On April 7, 2026, David Louis IV, a 23-year-old resident of New Orleans, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8).

According to court records, on April 15, 2025, the New Orleans Police Department detectives conducting surveillance near Conrad Park, located in the 3400 block of Hamilton Street, in New Orleans, observed Louis and a female associate enter Conrad Park. Louis had a black backpack from which he removed marijuana and began smoking the marijuana while talking with his associate. Louis also removed a black pistol from his waistband area.

A silver Nissan Altima, being driven by Louis’s girlfriend, and occupied by another adult female, and minors, arrived at the park. Louis approached the Altima and engaged in a verbal argument with the vehicle’s occupants. During the argument, Louis removed the pistol from his waistband and waived it in the air. NOPD officers arrived after seeing Louis in possession of the firearm. Observing the officer’s approach, Louis entered the front passenger seat of the vehicle. While inside the Altima, Louis placed his pistol, a Glock, Model 23, .40 caliber pistol, with an extended magazine, loaded with twenty-two (22) live rounds of ammunition, and his black backpack on the driver’s side floorboard, where the driver was seated.

During a search of the Nissan Altima, NOPD detectives recovered Louis’s pistol and backpack from the driver’s side floorboard. Louis’s backpack contained three (3) live rounds of .40 caliber ammunition; a magazine containing eleven (11) live .40 caliber rounds of ammunition; a clear plastic bag containing marijuana; and a Louisiana identification card in Louis’s name.

U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that the Court’s sentence will run consecutively to a yet to be determined sentence imposed in a pending state prosecution for possessing contraband in jail. The Court’s sentence will also run concurrently with sentences yet to be imposed for probation violations in two separate state court matters.

Assistant United States Attorney Brittany Reed of the Violent Crime Unit is prosecuting the case. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Orleans Police Department. This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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