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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The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced a thirteen-count second superseding indictment returned by a grand jury on April 25, 2025.
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TRAVIS ENCLADE, a 43-year-old New Orleans resident, has been sentenced to 288 months in prison following his conviction on drug and firearm charges.
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Three men from New Orleans have been convicted for their involvement in the 2017 double homicide at Edna Karr High School.
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José Alfredo Jimenez-Centeno, a 72-year-old citizen of El Salvador, has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after deportation.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Juan K. Simpson, a 30-year-old resident of New Orleans, has pled guilty to bank robbery.
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James Harris, a 33-year-old resident of Mississippi, entered a guilty plea on April 23, 2025, before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance for possessing machine guns.
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AVERY FREEL, aged 23, from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, entered a guilty plea on April 10, 2025, for attempted receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
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A Mexican national, Cesar Ruiz-Aguilar, has pleaded guilty to charges of illegal reentry into the United States.
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Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced that Santiago Puente-Garcia, a 25-year-old Mexican national, has pled guilty to the charge of illegal reentry of a removed alien.
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A New Orleans man, identified as Ralph Price, has been indicted on federal drug and firearm charges, according to an announcement made by Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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Cesar A. Lobo-Ramos, age 38 and a native of Honduras, has pleaded guilty to the charge of illegal re-entry of a removed alien.
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A LaPlace woman has admitted to making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA), according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Terry Reed, 54, from Lafayette Parish, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced the indictment of five individuals in New Orleans for conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen vehicles.
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A Guatemalan man has been indicted for illegal re-entry into the United States as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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Frailyn Argueta-Jeronimo, a 25-year-old native of Guatemala, has been indicted for re-entering the United States illegally after deportation, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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A resident of Tangipahoa Parish has been indicted following charges related to the distribution of fentanyl, which allegedly resulted in a death.
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Ricardo Jordan, a 22-year-old resident of St. Tammany Parish, was sentenced on April 10, 2025, for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
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Daniel Ignacio Mejia-Castillo, a 32-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown delivered the sentence following Mejia's guilty plea to...
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In a collaborative effort between U.S. and Honduran law enforcement agencies, Olvin Javier Velasquez Maldonado, 39, has been extradited to the United States.