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Eight Individuals Indicted as Part of Fraudulent Prescription Ring in St. John the Baptist Parish

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SHALLON DAVIS DUNMILES, age 34, together with LASHONDA MELANCON, age 37, WILFRED PERRILLOUX, age 43, DANYELLE TUCO, age 32, ANDREA STALKS, age 42,  EBONY STEWART, age 32,  CORTAZ WILLIAMS, age 23, and DANIELLE ANDERSON, age 36, were indicted Friday, September 21, 2018 by a federal grand jury for charges stemming from their arrest in St. John the Baptist Parish earlier this year.

Count 1 of the Indictment charges DUNMILES, a former employee at a medical clinic in Laplace, and MELANCON with conspiracy to possess and possess with the intent to distribute illicitly obtained prescription medications, including dextroamphetamine/adderall, a Schedule II drug controlled substance, and promethazine with codeine, a Schedule V drug controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 846.  Count 2 of the Indictment charges DUNMILES, MELANCON, PERRILLOUX, STALKS, STEWART, TUCO, WILLIAMS, and ANDERSON with conspiracy to acquire or obtain possession of the prescription medication by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 843(a) and 846. 

U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser reiterated that the Indictment is merely an allegation and that the guilt of the defendants must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser also praised the work of the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Tactical Diversion Squad (TDS) in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Shirin Hakimzadeh is in charge of the prosecution.

Updated September 24, 2018

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Drug Trafficking