New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty in Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that HERBERT COOPER, age 42, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 28 grams of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”).

In pleading guilty, COOPER faces a five-year minimum term of imprisonment, a maximum term of forty years, a fine of up to $5,000,000, a period of four  years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment, and a special assessment of $100.00.  U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown set sentencing on December 3, 2015.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the New Orleans Police Department in investigating this matter.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Long is in charge of the prosecution.