Two Defendants from Operation “Wild Wild East” Sentenced

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that AMBROSE WILLIAMS, age 44, and ANTOINETTE KELLY, age 32, both of New Orleans, were sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to charges relating to their conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin.

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier sentenced WILLIAMS, who pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, to 120 months incarceration, to be followed by five years of supervised release.  KELLY, who pled guilty to one count of distributing a quantity of heroin, was sentenced to 15 months incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

WILLIAMS and KELLY were two of twelve defendants charged in a 23-count indictment on July 25, 2014.  According to court documents, this indictment sprung from an investigation into a heroin-trafficking organization operating in New Orleans East.  This organization was responsible for distributing at least 15 kilograms of heroin in the New Orleans area.  As part of the arrests in this case, federal agents have seized from the twelve defendants approximately $1,200,000 in assets (a combination of vehicles, currency, jewelry, and real property) as proceeds made from the sale of heroin.