Bogalusa Man Sentenced for Transporting Heroin From Texas to Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, LA – 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) and 841(b)(1)(C). Judge Brown also imposed a three-year term of supervised release following imprisonment as well as a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

According to the indictment, in January 2021, KILBOURNE was found to be transporting over a kilogram of heroin across state lines, from Houston, Texas into the Eastern District of Louisiana.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Louisiana State Police. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart Theriot of the Narcotics Unit.