Joseph P. Schwartz, IV, Machine Gun Possession, Louisiana 2024

New Orleans, LA – In a shocking turn of events, a Marrero man has been sentenced for possessing a machine gun after a chaotic Mardi Gras altercation.

Joseph P. Schwartz, IV, age 21, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

According to court documents, on February 25, 2022, while patrolling Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, Louisiana State Police troopers observed two males engaged in an altercation.

One male, later determined to be Schwartz, possessed a concealed firearm. As Troopers attempted to stop him, Schwartz resisted and fled through the Mardi Gras crowds with the gun in his hand.

Ignoring repeated law enforcement commands to stop, he discarded the weapon in a trash can. Schwartz was apprehended thereafter, and the firearm recovered. It was later determined that the recovered firearm, a Glock Model 23, .40 caliber pistol, with a Glock auto-sear, had been modified to enable automatic fire.

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, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James N. Ollinger of the Violent Crime Unit. U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Louisiana State Police in investigating this matter.

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