U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Houma Man Sentenced In Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JACOB HIGGINBOTHAM, age 24, of Houma, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Louisiana. United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced HIGGINBOTHAM to 10 years’ incarceration and 5 years’ supervised release.
HIGGINBOTHAM is one of the eleven defendants charged in a 23-count federal indictment. Specifically, the indictment alleges that HIGGINBOTHAM conspired to sell large quantities of methamphetamine with codefendants Stefen Daigle, Peter Giandalone, Julien Polk, Paul Melancon, Jeffrey Clines, James Hatch, Angel Renee Vidaure, Eulalio Torres-Cadenas, Delio Alfredo Lopez-Lopez, and Lindsey Lopez. The indictment also alleges a number of individual acts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, as well as firearm offenses for codefendants Hatch, Vidaure, and Lopez-Lopez. Law enforcement developed evidence against this group of defendants using controlled purchases of methamphetamine, traffic stops and seizures, consensually recorded text messages and phone calls, search warrants, cooperator information, and self-incriminating statements.
U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Louisiana State Police, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol, Montgomery County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, AMTRAK Police, and the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Long is in charge of the prosecution.
Updated November 9, 2018
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component