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New Orleans East Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy

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

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KENNETH MIXON, age 31, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute heroin.

MIXON is facing a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison and a possible fine up to $1,000,000.  U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle set sentencing on May 25, 2016.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the New Orleans Police Department in investigating this matter.  Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Long is responsible for the prosecution.

Updated February 25, 2016
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Kenneth Mixon - Factual Basis.pdf [PDF, ]
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern

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