Louisiana Man Sentenced to over Nine Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

Jackson, Miss. – An Amite, Louisiana man was sentenced to 114 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Kendrick Kenyon Davis, 45, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Jackson.

According to court documents, in August 2019, Davis conspired with others, including Juan Angel Gonzalez, Jr., 50, of Houston, Texas, and Jimario Juvonca Holmes, 35, of Louisville, Mississippi, to distribute cocaine. During the investigation, agents learned that Davis and Gonzalez negotiated the delivery of kilogram quantities of cocaine, and that Davis had elicited the assistance of Holmes to pick up narcotics from Gonzalez in Houston, Texas, and bring them back to Mississippi for distribution.   

“This individual and several others conspired to traffic large quantities of cocaine from Texas into Mississippi without concern for the addiction, death and destruction they would leave in their wake,” said acting Special Agent in Charge Eric DeLaune. “Thanks to outstanding teamwork between our HSI office in Jackson, Mississippi, and our OCDETF partners, we were able to dismantle this multi-state drug trafficking ring and prevent them from flooding our local communities with these deadly narcotics.”

Juan Angel Gonzalez, Jr. previously pled guilty for his role in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 9 years in prison. Jimario Juvonca Holmes also pled guilty and is awaiting sentencing.       

U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee and Special Agent in Charge Eric Delaune of Homeland Security Investigations made the announcement.     

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations in Jackson and Houston, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, Kemper County Sheriff’s Office, Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office, Philadelphia Police Department, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, and the Beaumont, Texas Police Department.

This case is the result of an extensive investigation targeting illegal drug trafficking in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, and surrounding areas. The case 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 prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Keesha Middleton.