XAVION WATTS, Possession of a Machinegun, Louisiana 2024

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XAVION WATTS Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Machinegun in New Orleans LA, 2024

New Orleans Man XAVION WATTS, 21, Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Machinegun

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A 21-year-old New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to Possession of a Machinegun, a federal offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00.

XAVION WATTS, 21, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk on July 17, 2024, to Possession of a Machinegun, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(o).

Court documents reveal that on October 29, 2022, NOPD patrol officers on foot patrol in the 400 block of Bourbon Street saw a pistol handle shaped object resembling a concealed firearm, protruding from under WATTS’s shirt. When officers approached WATTS, he fled on foot but was apprehended. Officers recovered the firearm/machine gun, specifically, a Glock Model 17, nine-millimeter, with a fully automatic switch, that had fallen out of his waistband during arrest.

The firearm was loaded with one live round in the chamber and twenty-one live rounds in the extended magazine. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agents tested the pistol and found it functioned as a fully automatic machine gun, due to the Glock conversion device it contained.

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.

Assistant United States Attorney Mark A. Miller of the Narcotics Unit is assigned the prosecution, and Judge Africk scheduled sentencing for October 30, 2024.