Mervin Bailey, Carjacking & Firearms Offenses, Louisiana 2021

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Mervin Bailey, a 19-year-old New Orleans man, has been charged with carjacking and firearms offenses following a federal indictment.

According to the indictment, Bailey carjacked a 2019 BMW X7 from a victim in New Orleans on June 3, 2021. During that carjacking, Bailey brandished a CZ-PF10F nine-millimeter Luger handgun with an obliterated serial number.

Bailey was charged with one count of carjacking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119; one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i), and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(k).

If convicted of these charges, Bailey faces a maximum sentence of up to 15 years of imprisonment followed by up to 3 years of supervised release on the carjacking count. Bailey also faces a mandatory consecutive minimum sentence of 7 years up to life imprisonment, followed by up to 5 years of supervised release on the brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence count. Finally, Bailey faces up to a maximum sentence of 5 years of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release on the possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number count.

Bailey also faces payment of $300 in mandatory special assessment fees.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the government’s violent crime reduction efforts.

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