NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TREVIAN EDWARDS, age 48, of Crosby, Texas, was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute cocaine hydrochloride.
EDWARDS pled guilty on March 27, 2019, to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced EDWARDS to a term of (10) ten years imprisonment followed by (5) five years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan L. Shih is in charge of the prosecution.
This prosecution is part of an extensive investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (“OCDETF"). OCDETF is a joint federal, state and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
