New Orleans男子对大麻分销共谋与持有机关枪认罪：沙发上的步枪装有全自动转换装置，量刑定于明年1月19日
美国路易斯安那东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，路易斯安那州 New Orleans 居民 Byron Butler 已于10月15日认罪，罪名是共谋分销并持有意图分销的大麻，以及持有一支机关枪。联邦检察官 David I. Courcelle 公布了这一认罪。
据法庭文件，自2025年4月起，Butler 与另一人合谋在 New Orleans 贩卖大麻，2025年8月他还在社交媒体平台上打广告招揽买家。2025年8月26日，New Orleans 警局警员逮捕 Butler 并搜查其公寓，查获三支枪支与贩毒用具。其中一支放在客厅沙发上的 AR 式步枪装有机关枪转换装置，可全自动射击。
检方称，Butler 被捕后承认自己贩卖大麻、每天进账500至600美元，并称步枪与转换装置都是在「街上」买的，还说该装置能让步枪「快速射击」。其手机中的短信显示，他与同伙就大麻销售、补货行程与利润分配进行协调。现年33岁的 Butler 在大麻共谋罪名上最高面临5年监禁、最高25万美元罚款与至少2年监督释放；机关枪罪名最高面临10年监禁、最高25万美元罚款与最高3年监督释放；每项罪名另须缴纳100美元强制特别评估费。
联邦地区法官 Jay C. Zainey 定于2027年1月19日对 Butler 量刑。此案由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局 ATF 与 New Orleans 警局调查，由联邦助理检察官 Paul J. Hubbell IV 起诉。
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Marijuana Conspiracy and Machinegun Possession
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Byron Butler, 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on October 15 to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, marijuana, and to possession of a machinegun. U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the plea.
According to court documents, beginning in April 2025, Butler conspired with another person to sell marijuana in New Orleans, and in August 2025 he advertised marijuana for sale on a social media platform. On August 26, 2025, New Orleans Police Department officers arrested Butler and searched his apartment, where they found three firearms and drug-sales paraphernalia. One of the firearms, an AR-style rifle found on the living-room couch, was fitted with a machinegun conversion device that made it fire automatically.
After his arrest, Butler admitted that he sold marijuana, earning $500 to $600 a day, and that he bought the rifle and the conversion device 'on the streets.' He told officers the device would 'make it rapid fire.' Text messages recovered from his phone showed Butler and his co-conspirator coordinating marijuana sales, resupply trips, and profits. Butler faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and at least two years of supervised release on the marijuana conspiracy count, and up to ten years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release on the machinegun count, plus a mandatory $100 special assessment on each count.
U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey will sentence Butler on January 19, 2027. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the New Orleans Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Paul J. Hubbell IV of the Narcotics Unit.
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图片来源：图：位于 New Orleans 的 Hale Boggs 联邦大楼暨美国法院入口，本案在此所属的路易斯安那东区联邦法院审理。Tony Webster 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经维基共享资源。Photo: The entrance of the Hale Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse in New Orleans, in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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