AMITE, La. — A Ponchatoula man has been sentenced to serve 30 years in prison for the fentanyl overdose death of a 27-year-old Hammond man. 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux and Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division jointly...

LITTLE ROCK—Kevin Langel, who trafficked dozens of kilograms of cocaine from Texas to Arkansas, will spend the next 14 years in federal prison. Bruce Smith, who trafficked multiple pounds of methamphetamine from California to Arkansas, will be in federal prison for the next 10 years. And Larry Rogers, who brokered...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An indictment charging four men in a drug-trafficking conspiracy based in Calhoun County has been unsealed, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. A 12-count indictment charges Theron Samuel Johnson, 43, Jeffrey Leon Battle, 56, and Toney Courtez Jenkins, 42—all three of Anniston, Alabama—and Samuel Lane, Jr...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of July 13 through July 17, 2026...

LAFAYETTE, La. – On July 22, 2026, United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced Jeremy Black, 52, of Lafayette, to 84 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). According to court documents...

NEW ORLEANS – DESHAWN JONES (“JONES”), age 44, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on July 21, 2026, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The primary distributor in a fentanyl conspiracy responsible for the distribution of thousands of pills, including one that resulted in a death, will spend the next 27 years in federal prison. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was...

NEW ORLEANS – On July 16, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted NICKY PARFAIT (“PARFAIT”), age 37, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. According to court documents, PARFAIT was indicted for...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of June 29 through July 2, 2026...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of July 7 through July 11, 2026...