Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PHILIP BAKER, JR., age 43, pled guilty today to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841, 841(b)(1)(B) and 846 for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
According to court documents, BAKER was arrested by law enforcement agents on June 5, 2016, with approximately a pound of methamphetamine in his vehicle after a concerned citizen contacted law enforcement about drug related trips back and forth from Louisiana to Texas by BAKER. BAKER then made calls from a recorded jail line in which he asked others to remove the contraband from his residence in an attempt to avoid further charges.
BAKER faces a minimum term of five years of imprisonment, a maximum term of forty years of imprisonment, a maximum fine of $5,000,000, at least four years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment. Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle set sentencing for Oct. 18, 2017.
Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Louisiana State Police in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney James S. C. Baehr is in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
