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☷Illegal Possession of Machine Gun Leads to Federal Prison for Shreveport Man
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( By Press Release office)
Jan 27,2024
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Hey , check this out - a guy from Shreveport named Juhntrayvious J . White got busted for having a machine gun . U . S . District Judge Donald E . Walter sentenced him to 5 years in the slammer , followed by 3 years of supervised release . Here ' s the deal: on Sept . 9 , 2022 , a cop pulled White over for a traffic violation . But instead of cooperating , White took off like a bat outta hell , hitting speeds of over 100 mph in a 40 - mph zone . Eventually , he ditched the car and made a run for it , but the police found an Anderson Arms AM - 15 with an auto sear and White ' s phone in the vehicle . They caught up with him later and he admitted to turning the AM - 15 into a machine gun . The Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives and the Shreveport Police Department handled the investigation , while First Assistant U . S . Attorney Alexander C . Van Hook handled the prosecution . This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods , a program that aims to reduce violent crime and make our communities safer .
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