U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana
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Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Alexander C. Van Hook, announced that two residents of Heflin, Louisiana, Jaworski Batton, 41, and Cody Gibson, 40, have been found guilty by a federal jury in Shreveport.
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Kendall Hicks, a 35-year-old resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl.
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A federal jury in Alexandria has found Roy Everett Jordan, Jr., 57, of Georgetown, guilty of unauthorized removal of archaeological resources and illegal possession of a firearm.
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Nine individuals have been sentenced to a total of over 79 years in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, according to Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
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A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, has indicted a Lafayette man and his two daughters on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
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Willie Shanderek Shavon Woodard, a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Monroe, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
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A Pineville resident, Daniel Perryman Collins, 34, has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for his involvement in child exploitation and the production of child pornography.
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Four individuals with felony convictions have been sentenced to a combined total of 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms.
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A Lake Charles resident, Jeremy Wade Denegall, 45, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on drug trafficking charges.
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Shaquaila Lewis, also known as Shaquaila Lewis-Chatman, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for committing wire fraud related to the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Jarrell M. Palmer, a 44-year-old resident of Jonesboro, Louisiana, has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of three Shreveport residents involved in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to a man's death. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote delivered the sentences.
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Huey P. Scott, Jr., a resident of Many, Louisiana, has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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A federal jury has found Shreveport rapper Keynon Frazier, known as "Green Eyez," guilty of illegal possession of firearms.
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Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jerry O. Pearson, aged 62 from Alexandria, Louisiana, has been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud.
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The United States has secured judgments in five civil fraud lawsuits involving fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
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Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced the sentencing of Brandon James Willridge, a 41-year-old resident of Jennings, Louisiana.
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Sharhonda Law, a 39-year-old tax preparer from Haughton, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for tax fraud.
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Shreveport, La. – A federal jury has convicted Jose Ismael Ramirez-Gonzalez, a 37-year-old Mexican national, for illegal possession of a firearm and re-entry into the United States.