St. John The Baptist Parish Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – LARRY TRICHE, age 52, a resident of Norco, La., was sentenced on March 27, 2024 by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to five (5) years probation, one hundred (100) hours of community service, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

According to court documents, between May 25, 2020, and July 2, 2020, TRICHE accompanied Ryan Fremin on three trips from Louisiana to the Houston, Texas area to purchase kilogram quantities of methamphetamine from Leonel Gonzalez, a Houston-based narcotics trafficker. On each occasion, TRICHE obtained a Houston area hotel room while Fremin drove to Houston to purchase the methamphetamine from Gonzalez. TRICHE and Fremin then returned to Louisiana, sometimes in separate vehicles, with TRICHE carrying the methamphetamine in his vehicle. Upon their return to Louisiana, Fremin took the methamphetamine from TRICHE and distributed it to local customers.   

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and prosecuted  by Assistant United States Attorney André Jones of the Narcotics Unit.