In Jefferson Parish, a 25-year-old man from Marrero, identified as Jahbrell Price, has faced the gavel, sentenced to a 33-month stint in prison for possession of a machine gun and intent to distribute a controlled substance. Price, who pleaded guilty to the charges, will also be under supervised release for three years following his incarceration and must pay a $125 special assessment fee, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
On January 7, 2024, the case against Price took shape when detectives, acting on an outstanding warrant, arrested him in a motel room, where they discovered twenty bottles of promethazine totaling 9,460 ml, a sum of $1,375 in cash, and a modified Glock handgun equipped with a device to convert it into a machine gun as Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson noted his praise for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms for their role in the arrest, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide program that aims to reduce gun violence and crime by supporting law enforcement and local organizations that prevent violence. In this case, Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced Price so that the two counts will run at the same time, meaning he won’t serve extra time for each offense. The charges come from a January incident when the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office raided a motel, seizing drugs, cash, and weapons that had caused fear in the community, as detailed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office…