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MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES
November 29, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TYRONE HYAMS, 40, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by U. S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to four (4) years (48 months) imprisonment for being a convicted felony in possession of a firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Berrigan imposed a term of three (3) years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment. During the three year term the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should violate any terms of his supervised release. HYAM pled guilty to on June 27, 2007.
After sentencing, HYAMS was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal’s Service to immediately begin his term of imprisonment.
According to court documents, HYAMS was arrested on April 19, 2007 by New Orleans Police officers investigating a report of shots fired in the Bayou Road area. Officer’s observed HYAMS reach in his waistband and ordered him to stop and raise his hands. When officers saw HYAMS withdraw a weapon from his waistband they fired several shots at HYAMS who threw down the firearm and fled. HYAMS was arrested after a brief foot chase. Further investigation revealed that HYAMS had been previously convicted of a felony offense. The investigation resulted in a federal complaint being issued on April 20, 2007. The arrest and prosecution was done pursuant to the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
United States Attorney Jim Letten commended the NOPD officers who made the initial arrest and the Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Assistant U. S. Attorneys who worked hard to achieve this and other important convictions in support of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Administration’s top domestic enforcement priority aimed at reducing gun crimes in our community.
This investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the New Orleans Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tony Gordon Sanders.
