LAFAYETTE, LA. — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)), published as received.

LAFAYETTE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Tre’Vin R. Bob, 23, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 63 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Tre’Vin R. Bob had outstanding arrest warrants from the 15th Judicial District Court and, on January 8, 2019, officers with the Lafayette Police Department observed him walking in a Lafayette neighborhood. When Bob saw the officers, he fled on foot and officers chased after him. He was thereafter apprehended and arrested. On January 9, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a call made by Bob from the jail to a family member wherein he admitted that, before he ran from officers the day prior, he hid a firearm in the backyard of a residence in that same neighborhood, and he described the location. In the call, Bob asked the family member to retrieve the firearm before it was found by law enforcement. Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department went to the location described by Bob and retrieved the loaded firearm.

Bob had previously been convicted of several felony offenses, including illegal possession of stolen things over $1,500, attempted simple burglary, theft of a firearm, and attempted possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and was therefore prohibited from possessing a firearm.

The ATF and Lafayette Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Daniel Siefker, Jr. prosecuted the case.

This case is 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 make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. PSN is part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime. To learn more about Project Safe Neighborhoods, go to www.justice.gov/psn.

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