U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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Acting United States Attorney Michael Simpson has announced the sentencing of Joel Becerra-Cesario, a 38-year-old Mexican national.
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Rasheed Smith, a 34-year-old resident of Marrero, Louisiana, has been sentenced to seventy months in prison.
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A Slidell doctor has admitted to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting claims for unnecessary cancer genetic tests.
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Tieron Price, a 22-year-old resident of New Orleans, was sentenced to 106 months in prison on May 20, 2025.
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Erik Roberto Machado-Mencia, a 36-year-old Honduran national, has been indicted for re-entering the United States after deportation.
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An Arizona man has pled guilty to charges related to drug trafficking, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Reza Heta Pratama, a 28-year-old foreign national from the Republic of Indonesia, has pleaded guilty to possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
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Edgardo Amador-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old Honduran national, has pled guilty to re-entering the United States after being previously deported.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced the sentencing of Raudel Miranda-Martinez, a 47-year-old Mexican national, for illegal re-entry into the United States.
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An Indian national, Ashish Kapoor, also known as "Romy Kapoor," has been charged in a superseding indictment with the transportation and possession of child pornography.
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Eric Falkins, a 19-year-old resident of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to charges related to drug trafficking and firearm possession.
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CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON, a former postal employee from Houma, Louisiana, has been sentenced to two years of probation.
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Jaylon Carter, a 24-year-old resident of Covington, Louisiana, has pled guilty to charges related to the distribution of fentanyl.
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Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Reha Janee Arvie, 34, from Westwego, Louisiana, has pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
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Stephen Badon, a 35-year-old resident of New Orleans, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
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Jon Verdin, a 29-year-old resident of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced on May 14, 2025, by United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance.
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An Indian national, Ashish Kapoor, also known as "Romy Kapoor," has been indicted for transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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A New Orleans man, Floyd Jones, has pled guilty to federal drug and gun charges.
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A Honduran national, Rossel Geovanny Recinos Arita, has been charged with reentry of a removed alien.
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Edgardo Amador-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old Honduran national, has pled guilty to charges related to the re-entry of a removed alien.