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Franklinton Man Sentenced In Cocaine Conspiracy

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

NEW ORLEANS –  U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DERRICK WILSON, age 35, of Franklinton, Louisiana, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride.  The incident giving rise to his arrest stemmed from a September 27, 2015, traffic stop in Kenner, during which police seized one-half kilogram of powder cocaine from a car that he occupied with his girlfriend and codefendant, Dominique Wise.  According to court documents, Wise was sentenced to 3 years probation on July 18, 2018.

U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman sentenced WILSON to 50 months incarceration followed by 3 years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Kenner Police Department in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Brandon Long is in charge of the prosecution.

 

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Updated October 10, 2018
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern

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