NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A third superseding indictment recently unsealed in the Eastern District of Louisiana charges six members and associates of a Colombian-Russian drug trafficking organization with federal drug trafficking offenses, including conspiring to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney David I...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOSHUA BENSON (“ BENSON”), a/k/a “Big Mal,” age 36, of New Orleans, pled guilty on November 3, 2026, before United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to Counts One, Three, Four, Five, and Six of a six-count indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On November 4, 2026, JOSEPH HALL (“HALL”), age 56, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lance M. Africk to 120 months as to Counts One, Two, and Four of the indictment pending against him, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. HALL was also sentenced...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A Mississippi man has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Judge Edmund G. LaCour sentenced Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Jr., 36, of Meridian, Mississippi, to 300 months in prison. Mosley was convicted by a federal jury...

ABERDEEN, MS – Kelvis Orr, 36, of West Point, Mississippi, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years supervised release. Senior District Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced the defendant after Orr previously pleaded guilty to distribution in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine and being a...

MONROE, La. – On October 20, 2026, a federal jury found Anfernee A. Rone, 30, of West Monroe, guilty of Distributing a Controlled Substance after a two-day trial before United States District Judge David C. Joseph. Rone faces a minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in federal...

LITTLE ROCK—A federal jury has convicted Kyle Keith Robinson of conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The trial, which spanned two days, ended on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all counts he was charged with in the Indictment...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal jury has convicted Elbert Nichols of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and assault on a federal law enforcement officer. The trial, which spanned four days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal jury has convicted Renford Stephenson Williams of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of a machinegun. The trial, which spanned three days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all counts for Williams, 36, of Jacksonville...

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that IVORY CARTER (“CARTER”) age 44 , DONNISHA BROWN (“BROWN”) age 42 , AND CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN (“LEHMANN”) age 30, were charged in a recently unsealed four-count indictment on October 1, 2026. Count One charged CARTER, BROWN, and LEHMANN with conspiracy...