A Baton Rouge resident, Roy Robinson, aged 35, has entered a guilty plea to federal drug and firearms charges. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Robinson pled guilty on June 10, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Brandon Long. The charges include conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm to further the drug trafficking conspiracy.
Robinson's sentencing is scheduled for September 16, 2025. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years and up to life imprisonment for Count 1, alongside potential fines reaching $10 million and at least five years of supervised release. For Count 2, he faces an additional mandatory minimum sentence of five years up to life imprisonment, which must run consecutively with Count 1, along with fines up to $250,000 and another five years of supervised release.
The charges stem from an incident in Thibodaux, Louisiana, where law enforcement observed what appeared to be a drug transaction involving Robinson in a parking lot. Officers witnessed him placing two bags into another vehicle while receiving a shoebox in return. A subsequent traffic stop revealed Robinson's vehicle lacked a license plate and contained a Smith & Wesson 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun along with significant cash amounts. Following this event, officers executed a search warrant on the other vehicle involved in the transaction and discovered over 6,000 grams of methamphetamine inside the bags.
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson commended the efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Louisiana State Police, Thibodaux Police Department, Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office in handling this case.
Assistant United States Attorney Stuart Theriot from the Narcotics Unit is prosecuting this case as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation aimed at dismantling high-level criminal organizations through collaborative agency efforts.
This prosecution also aligns with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an initiative focused on reducing violent crime and gun violence by fostering community trust and supporting preventative community-based programs.
