ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that the last defendant in a Central Louisiana methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Tuesday to 90 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell.
Kevrick Kemar Davis was one of 10 defendants named in an indictment filed June 6, 2017. The defendants conspired to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of methamphetamine in Central Louisiana from September 2016 to June 2017. A source in the San Diego, California, area mailed more than 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine to a source in Louisiana who then distributed it to Davis, the co-defendants and others. The methamphetamine was given to Davis in 1 pound quantities of which he would then sell.
All 10 defendants have now been convicted and sentenced for their part in the conspiracy:
Co-Defendant
Date of Guilty Plea
Sentencing
Ernest Johnson Jr., 40, of Jena, Louisiana
June 7, 2018
Dec. 13, 2018 - 70 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Travis Demond Augustine, 30, of Alexandria, Louisiana
July 25, 2018
Jan. 31, 2019 - 108 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Terry Dion Augustine, 33, of Alexandria, Louisiana
April 12, 2018
Jan. 31, 2019 - 150 months in prison; one year of supervised release.
Allan Jamal Shuler, 38, of Alexandria, Louisiana
November 5, 2018
February 8, 2019 - 188 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Jamaal Demon Howard, 31, of Alexandria, Louisiana
November 6, 2018
February 8, 2018 - 120 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Danny Demetric Payne, 39, of Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov. 13, 2018
February 8, 2019 - 262 months in prison; 10 years of supervised release.
Eddie Kendricks Jackson, 39, of Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov. 21, 2018
January 9, 2019 - 300 months in prison; 10 years of supervised release.
Raymond Travon Knox, 40, of Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov. 21, 2018
January 9, 2019 - 200 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Dewaine Raye Haynes, 44, of Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov. 21, 2018
Feb. 23, 2019 - 200 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
Kevrick Kemar Davis, 33, of Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov. 16, 2018
Aug. 20, 2019 - 90 months in prison; five years of supervised release.
All of the defendants pleaded guilty for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Additionally, Terry Augustine pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm by a convicted felon.
The FBI’s Central Louisiana Safe Streets Gang Task Force conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allison D. Bushnell and Brian C. Flanagan prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
