24 Year-Old Bogalusa Man Sentenced to 160 Months

Jakari Brown, a/k/a “Jakari Lemar,” age 24 and a resident of Bogalusa, was sentenced on April 4, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry to consecutive terms of 120 months and 40 months, respectively.  Also, Judge Guidry imposed 3 years of supervised release and a mandatory $200 special assessment fee after Brown plead guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. 

According to court documents, on April 25, 2019, Brown, a convicted felon, possessed an Iberia Firearm (HiPoint) Model JPC, .40 caliber pistol that he used during a shootout near the corner of Hickory and South Columbia Streets in Bogalusa.  Brown was again found to be in possession of a gun on December 27, 2021, when police discovered a Smith & Wesson Model SW9VE, nine-millimeter pistol under the driver’s seat in the vehicle Brown was driving.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office.  The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Benjamin Myers and Maurice E. Landrieu, Jr. of the Narcotics Unit.