LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ? All five members of a group responsible for the fire bombings of multiple police vehicles will spend time in prison for their crimes. On Thursday, Chief U.S. District Court Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. sentenced the final four defendants in a case dating back to August and September...

NEW ORLEANS ? Derrick Johnson, 26, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court records, Johnson was arrested on a state warrant at a New Orleans...

NEW ORLEANS?? U.S District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced Furrell Johnson, 33, of New Orleans, to 227 months in prison for armed carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Johnson pleaded guilty to two counts related to the carjacking of a Honda CRV on Oct. 13, 2022, including...

NEW ORLEANS ? Kelvin Warren, 30, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, pled guilty on Nov. 30 before U.S. District Judge Barry Ashe to possession with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and over 40 grams of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).

NEW ORLEANS ? Brandon Martinez, aka ?Rabbit,? of Metairie, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to 48 months incarceration after previously pleading guilty to use of a communication facility to facilitate felony drug trafficking, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ? 843(b). Judge Fallon...

JACKSON, Miss. ? A Meridian man pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, Jacquis LaShawn Houston, 27, was found in possession of a firearm by a Lauderdale County Sheriff?s Deputy on March 16, 2020, during a traffic stop on a vehicle in which...

NEW ORLEANS ? Carlsel Alexander, 27, of Baton Rouge, was sentenced on Nov. 30, by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment alleged...

LAFAYETTE, La. ? U.S.?Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two individuals from Broussard have been found guilty on all counts after a jury trial that began in federal court on Monday, Nov. 27, and ended Thursday evening, Nov. 30. The couple was originally indicted for conspiring to...