New Orleans Resident Pleads Guilty In Cocaine-Trafficking Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant TEKA LAFRANCE, age 48, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on September 25, 2019 to multiple counts of conspiring to distribute and distributing large quantities of cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base.  LAFRANCE is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum life sentence, a possible fine up to $10,000,000, and a period of supervised release of at least five years. 

U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman is scheduled to sentence LAFRANCE on December 18, 2019.

U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), Kenner Police Department (KPD), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Houston Police Department (HPD) in their investigation of this case.  Assistant United States Attorneys Brandon S. Long and Paige O’Hale are in charge of the prosecution.

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