U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced that 38 YO Michael Malone of Covington was sentenced in the United States District Court in connection with his plea of guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
U.S. District Court Judge Greg Guidry sentenced Malone to 82 months of imprisonment in the Bureau of Prisons. Following his term of imprisonment he will be placed on supervised release for a period of three years.
On the night of February 3, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m., St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were on patrol on Highway 434 in Lacombe when they observed Malone’s silver Toyota Highlander, parked in front of the 434 Mini Storage. Deputies located Malone and 33 firearms inside of the storage unit. It was determined that Malone was on probation at the time of his arrest and being a convicted felon with two convictions for possession of MDMA, ecstasy, simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, and two counts of simple burglary.
This case was 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 violence, and to make neighborhoods safer for everyone.
