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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Three individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Louisiana for illegal re-entry into the United States and other charges.
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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 jury in Lafayette has reached a verdict against Shanone Chatman-Ashley, a nurse practitioner from Opelousas, who was found guilty of being involved in a scheme to defraud the Medicare Program, totaling over $2 million.
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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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A Lake Charles man has been sentenced in a child pornography case, according to Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
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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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Brian T. Owen, former president of an oilfield consulting service in Bossier City, Louisiana, has been sentenced for money laundering.