New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – KEVIN TYLER, II a/k/a “City,” (“TYLER”) age 48, a New Orleans resident, pled guilty on February 12, 2025, before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to two counts of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine (Count 1) and possession with intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine (Count 2), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.

According to court documents, TYLER, and other co-conspirators, distributed multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine within the Eastern District of Louisiana.

For Counts 1 and 2, TYLER faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years up to a maximum term of life, a fine of up to $10,000,000.00, at least five years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $200.

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation.  OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Louisiana State Police, and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office.  It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit.