A Shreveport man is sentenced to just over eight years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing the firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana Stephanie Finley says 30-year-old Carlos Russell was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.

According to his June 23, 2016, guilty plea, Shreveport police responded to a domestic dispute call on July 8, 2015. Russell was reported to have been seen with a firearm during an incident at a Shreveport home.

Officers searched Russell's residence and found a Romarm pistol and ammunition inside the house, along with three bags of cocaine. Russell had prior felony convictions in 2005 and 2010.

The investigation and prosecution are part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a Department of Justice initiative to promote firearm safety and reduce firearm crimes.

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