Thibodaux Resident Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft, Providing False Statement to Firearms Dealer, and Providing False Statement to Federal Agency

USAO Press Release on December 5, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that BRETT GABRIEL, age 32, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 19, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo…

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY AN ALIEN ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER A NON-IMMIGRANT VISA

USAO Press Release on December 3, 2025

United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that Godson Oghenebrume, age 22, a Nigerian National residing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to possession of a firearm by an alien admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa…

Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Convictions of 19 Defendants for Decade-Long, Multi-Million Dollar Marijuana Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

USAO Press Release on December 1, 2025

SHREVEPORT– A case that began as an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) case in Shreveport has resulted in the conviction and sentencing of 19 defendants to a combined sentence of over 87 years in federal prison for a drug trafficking conspiracy involving thousands of pounds of…