NEW ORLEANS ? U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Anythony Doyle, 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Jan. 31 to three counts of distribution of Fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C). In pleading guilty, the defendant faces, as to...

OXFORD, Miss. ? A Mississippi inmate and gang member was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Simon City Royals (SCR) gang. According to court documents, Dillon Heffker, 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana...

OXFORD, Miss ? A Mississippi man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Simon City Royals gang. According to court documents, from 2016 until 2022, Allen Posey, 49, of Hazlehurst, oversaw all of the...

GREENVILLE, Miss. ? A Greenville man was sentenced today 2.5 years in prison for illegal possession of a machinegun. According to court documents, Johnny Watkins aka "Lil Munk," 19, committed a string of violent crimes in the Greenville-area leading to the execution of a search warrant at his...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ? A Little Rock man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for arson. U.S. District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky sentenced Trent Tyrone Smith, 50, late Monday to the maximum sentence allowable under the federal statute based upon both his crimes in this case and his history of...

JACKSON, Miss. ? A McComb man pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, on April 1, 2021, Norkeithus Malik Reed, 24, was found in possession of a firearm when Brookhaven Police officers responded to a complaint at an area restaurant where Reed was...

JACKSON, Miss. ? A Jackson man pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, Randy Rodriquez Jones, 49, sold a firearm to an individual on Jan. 8, 2020. Jones had multiple prior drug-related felony convictions and a previous state court conviction for...

NEW ORLEANS???U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Darran Boykins,?29, pled guilty on Jan. 25 to being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 922(g)(1).?Boykins?up to 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of...

NEW ORLEANS ? Keaton Manghane, 24, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was sentenced on Jan. 23 by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance, after previously pleading guilty to possessing a machinegun in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 922(o) and 924(a)(2) to 20 months' imprisonment, to run...

GULFPORT, Miss. ? A Moss Point man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. According to court documents, on April 15, 2022, Anthony Loyd Parson, Jr., 37, fled on foot after making an erratic stop in a vehicle he was driving when Moss...

SHREVEPORT, La. ? U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Juhntrayvious J. White, 20, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for illegally possessing a machine gun. U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter sentenced White to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.