New Orleans Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Gun Control Act

A 27-year-old New Orleans man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for violating the federal gun control act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

Elijah Powell was sentenced by United States District Judge Wendy Vitter on April 18, 2023, following his guilty plea to illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.

According to court records, Powell admitted to being observed on the city’s Real Time Crime Cameras with what appeared to be a pistol in his pocket. When New Orleans Police Officers arrived to investigate, Powell ran. He was apprehended after a brief chase but no longer had the pistol. Officers traced his route of flight and found the pistol in the side yard of a house along Powell’s path of flight. Powell admitted he had previously been convicted of aggravated assault with a firearm in St. Charles Parish.

Powell was sentenced to 27 months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.

This 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, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Orleans Police Department, and the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney David Haller of the Violent Crime Unit.

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