LAKE CHARLES, La. ? Johntrel Joel Lewis, 34, of Lake Charles, was sentenced today for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Lewis was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. to 78 months (6 years, 6 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised...

NEW ORLEANS ? Rodney Offray, 49, of New Orleans, was charged on Sept. 22 in a recently unsealed three-count indictment by a federal grand jury, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment alleges that?Offray?distributed fentanyl and heroin on three occasions. Count 1 alleges...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA ?U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on October 3 ,2023 Xavier Duhon, age 21, pled guilty to a superseding bill of information for possession of a machinegun, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 922(o). Duhon faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years, up to a $250,000...

NEW ORLEANS, La.? Edward McMillan, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on September 27, 2023 before U.S. District Judge Jane T. Milazzo to distributing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. ?? 841(a)(1) and 846(b)(1)(C). According to court documents, on February 2, 2022, agents...

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Derrick Lamont Johnson, age 43, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further...

SHREVEPORT/MONROE, La. ? United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two men from North Louisiana for illegal possession and distribution of narcotics and a firearm. Johnathan Davon Hill, 28, of Vivian, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice...