New Orleans Man Sentenced For Possession of a Machinegun

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - TOBURREN LINDSEY ("LINDSEY"), age 23, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 22, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Greg G. Guidry to 18 months incarceration after previously pleading guilty to possession of a machinegun, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(o). Judge Guidryalso ordered that LINDSEY be placed on supervised release for three (3) years and pay a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.

According to court records, on February 21, 2023 (Mardi Gras Day), the New Orleans Police Department ("NOPD") patrolled the 300 Block of Bourbon Street and saw LINDSEY and O'Marion Armstrong walking down Bourbon Street together. NOPD approached LINDSEY and asked him for identification and when doing so, saw a firearm protruding from LINDSEY's waistband. LINDSEY attempted to flee but was detained and, a Glock Model 19, nine-millimeter semi-automatic handgun was recovered from his person. The loaded firearm contained 30 rounds of ammunition in an attached magazine, as well as one live round in the chamber.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun track violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.