SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that
Juhntrayvious J. White, 20, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for illegally possessing a machine gun. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter sentenced White to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
According to information presented in court, on September 9, 2022, a Shreveport
Police Department officer stopped White for a traffic violation on Hearne Avenue. As the
officer approached the vehicle, White took off at a high rate of speed, reaching a speed of over 100 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour zone. The car stopped and White fled from the scene on foot and escaped. Officers found an Anderson Arms AM-15 equipped with an auto sear and White’s cell phone in the vehicle.
White was later apprehended by law enforcement officers and admitted that he obtained the auto sear and converted the Anderson Arms AM15 into a machine gun.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Shreveport Police Department and prosecuted by First Assistant United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.