Nairie Chaney, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Louisiana 2014

BATON ROUGE, LA – In a major blow to violent crime, Nairie Chaney, a 58-year-old Baton Rouge resident, has been sentenced to 91 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

The lengthy prison sentence is a result of a traffic stop on June 30, 2014, where Baton Rouge Police stopped a vehicle in which Chaney was a passenger and observed him throw a loaded .38 caliber pistol from the front passenger window of the vehicle.

Chaney had previously been convicted of multiple federal and state convictions, which prohibited him from ever possessing any type of firearm.

At the time of his illegal possession of the firearm, Chaney was on federal supervised release as a result of a 2009 federal conviction.

In December 2014, after having been found to have violated his terms of supervised release, Chaney was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for the violation.

Based on the same incident, Chaney was also indicted and convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. As a result of that conviction, Chaney was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Shelly D. Dick to serve another 73 months in federal prison.

Following his release from prison, Chaney will be required to serve a 3-year term of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Walt Green stated: ‘Keeping violent felons from possessing firearms is one of my office’s highest priorities.’

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