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You are subscribed to USAO - Louisiana, Eastern news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. New Orleans Man Sentenced For Federal Weapons Violation 09/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –KEVIN STURGIS ("STURGIS"), age 26, was sentenced on August 27, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, along with a $100 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). New Orleans Man Sentenced For Federal Drug Trafficking and Weapons Violations 09/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –DARNELL DOUCET ("DOUCET"), age 27, was sentenced on August 28, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 106 months in prison followed by (4) four years of supervised release, along with a $400 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, tapentadol, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, tapentadol, and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D); possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8).  Mexican Citizen Guilty Of Illegal Reentry 09/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ActingUnited States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JOSE DAVID MORALES-VAZQUEZ ("MORALES-VAZQUEZ"), age 29, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty on September 2, 2025 to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

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