Evergreen Reporter

Two New Orleans men have been sentenced for firearms offenses. Alphonse Bazile, 78, and Rayshaud Green, 35, both of New Orleans, received their sentences on September 18, 2024. U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced each to 180 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. This follows their guilty pleas to the counts in the superseding indictment against them.

Bazile was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm under Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). Green faced charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition under Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8), and 2. Additionally, Green was charged with possession of a machine gun under Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(o), 924(a)(2), and 2.

Court documents reveal that on August 17, 2022, officers from the New Orleans Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at Bazile's residence near Curran Boulevard and Haney Drive in New Orleans. Surveillance footage showed an earlier altercation between juveniles outside the residence. Although the fight ended and the juveniles left the area, they returned about half an hour later while Bazile and Green were still outside.

"A few of the juveniles exited the car armed with firearms and approached Bazile and Green," according to court documents. "Bazile told them to leave and they did."

Both men then returned inside the residence where Bazile armed himself with a .32 caliber revolver while Green equipped himself with a nine-millimeter Polymer80 Model P940C handgun modified into an automatic machine gun using a Glock auto-sear device. They then exited their home again and fired at the juveniles, resulting in one fatality.

Green was arrested on September 8, 2022. A search conducted at his residence uncovered the same firearm used during the shooting incident.

This case falls under Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an initiative aimed at reducing violent crime through collaboration between law enforcement agencies and communities. The program emphasizes building trust within communities, supporting violence prevention organizations, setting strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring outcomes.

The investigation was carried out by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the New Orleans Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Trummel from the Violent Crime Unit prosecuted this case.

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