NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division's New Orleans district office has signed a collaborative agreement with the Southeast Louisiana Building and Construction Trades Council to protect workers and promote compliance with federal labor laws. The partnership will help both organizations cross-train staff, ease outreach  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding the Louisiana Superfund site Exide Baton Rouge to the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of known sites throughout the United States and its territories where releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants pose significant threats to human health and the environment. By adding this site to the NPL, EPA   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that KILEY KILBOURNE, age 50, of Bogalusa, La. was sentenced on February 29, 2024 by U.S. Chief District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown to 366 days incarceration, after previously pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) an  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Demetri Goldsmith, 25, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell to 220 months (18 years, 4 months) in prison for assaulting federal officers at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana ("Pollock"). The U.S. Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") manages U.S. Penitentiaries around the countr  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that MICHELLE ANDRE, a resident and doctor in Houma pled guilty to a one-count bill of information on February 29, 2024 before United States District Judge Barry Ashe, to distributing misbranded drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 331. According to court documents, from April 2018 through March 2023, ANDRE int  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TRACY DAVIS, age 51, of Kentwood, LA, was sentenced on February 27, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Jay C Zainey to 51 months incarceration, after previously pleading guilty to one (1) count of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Se  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BASHIR SCHOFIELD (SCHOFIELD), age 24, a resident of LaPlace, La., was sentenced on March 5, 2024 by United States District Judge Greg G. Guidry to 4 years' probation, after previously pleading guilty to wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. SCHOFIELD participated in the preparatio  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ALEJANDRO AGUILAR-RAMOS, age 30, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on February 27, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 78 months incarceration, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIMOTHY MCMILLAN, JR., age 43, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on March 5, 2024 to Theft of Mail by a Postal Service employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709. According to court documents, the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General ("USPS-OIG") received complaints regarding op  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALSKIIN MILLICAN, age 21, of Madisonville, Louisiana, pled guilty on February 29, 2024, to violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act before United States District Judge Susie Morgan. MILLICAN pled guilty to Count 1 of the indictment that charged him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to d  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two men in Lake Charles yesterday on drug and firearms charges. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced the defendants as follows: Darwin Jose Escalante-Garache, 36, a nonresident of the United States living in Gulfport, Mississippi, was sentenced to 46   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Covington, Louisiana man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pills laced with fentanyl. Santana Phillipe Elzy, 23, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on August 29, 2023, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration followed up on a  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: An Amite, Louisiana man was sentenced to 114 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Kendrick Kenyon Davis, 45, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Jackson. According to court documents, in August 2019, Davis conspired with others, including Juan Angel Gonzalez, Jr., 50, of Houston, Texas, and Jimario Juv  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, March 8 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a planned live-fly air defense exercise over Louisiana today. NORAD F-15s and civilian aircraft will participate in the exercise. Aircraft will operate at approximately 11,000 feet, and will likely be visible to the public. To test responses, systems and equipment, NORAD routinely conducts air defense exercise  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: Air Force Global Strike Command launched a $1.8M partnership with SEMPRE.ai, a technology company created to connect, protect and secure America's critical infrastructure, with the award of a two-year Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory's AFWERX innovation arm. Using satellite backhaul, SEMPRE demonstrated in 2023 the ability to deploy commun  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: DESMOND TAYLOR, age 27, QUINTRELL BROWN, age 20, NICKIE WHITLEY, age 35, and ERIN MURTHIL, age 21, all residents of New Orleans, were sentenced on February 27, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey after previously pleading guilty to multiple charges in a 20-count indictment. TAYLOR was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of superv  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: TORY DUNCAN ("DUNCAN"), age 29, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on February 28, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, to 144 months incarceration after previously pleading guilty to Counts 4 and 5 of a superseding indictment. Judge Milazzo also ordered that DUNCAN be placed on supervised release for five years following release from imp  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) with the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) to conserve six imperiled species. The 10-year agreement addresses the conservation needs of four species of freshwater mussels (Texas heelsplitter, Trinity pigtoe, Texas fawnsfoot and Louisiana pigtoe) and two species  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information regarding a whooping crane found dead along Besi Lane in Mamou, Louisiana. The reward is for information leading to the arrest or criminal conviction of those involved. On the morning of January 9, 2024, a juvenile whooping crane was found dead in an agricultural pond on the south side of Be  more