Moss Point Man Sentenced to Nearly 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Moss Point Man Sentenced to Nearly 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 14, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

Gulfport, Miss. -Aaron Rouleau, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to 178 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and 120 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The sentences will run concurrently. Rouleau was also sentenced to 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.

On Feb. 26, 2018, the South Mississippi Metropolitan Enforcement Team (MET) executed a search warrant at a residence in Moss Point, where Rouleau was found in a parked vehicle with 99 grams of methamphetamine and two firearms. Rouleau had been selling methamphetamine from that location during the weeks prior to his arrest.

The Jackson County Metropolitan Enforcement Team and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Emily Nobile.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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