Ex-Con Gets 20 Years for Possessing Gun & Drugs & Fleeing Police

District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Michael Richardson (34) of Covington, pleaded guilty Monday (May 14, 2018) to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, illegal possession of a stolen firearm, possession of marijuana (third offense), and resisting an officer. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
On December 11, 2017 St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies stopped Richardson for a license plate violation and then noticed smoke and smelled marijuana coming from the car. The officer asked if there was anything illegal inside the vehicle, and Richardson handed the officers a blunt.
Richardson then fled on foot, hopped a 6-foot fence, and hid in a neighboring house. Deputies found Richardson hiding in the closet of a child’s bedroom.  Deputies also recovered a handgun that Richardson had hidden in a clothes hamper in the room. The handgun had been stolen in an automobile burglary.