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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES IN DRUG CONSPIRACY THAT LED TO OVERDOSE
June 18, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BRADFORD WADE, age 21, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty today in federal court before U. S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman to conspiring with other known individuals to distribute quantities of heroin and distribution of a quantity of heroin to a person under twenty-one years of age, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
The guilty plea followed an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was initiated following the overdose death of a 19 year old male in January, 2008. The investigation revealed that WADE supplied an amount of heroin to his co-defendant, Shanon Frank. Frank then supplied the heroin to an individual who was with the 19 year old overdose victim.
WADE faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty (20) years, a fine of $1,000,000 and three (3) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment as to the drug conspiracy charge. WADE also faces a minimum term of imprisonment of one year and a maximum of forty (40) years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000 and six (6) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment as to the distribution of heroin to a person under twenty-one years of age. Sentencing has been scheduled for October 15, 2009.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being
prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorneys William J. Quinlan, Jr. and Maurice Landrieu.
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