Press Release
Desoto Parish brothers sentenced to 46 months in prison for roles in cocaine distribution conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two DeSoto Parish brothers were each sentenced Tuesday to 46 months in prison for selling crack and powder cocaine.
Tyquario Derell Adams, 26, and Johnny Leroy Adams Jr., 28, of Mansfield, La., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of distribution of cocaine. They were also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to the guilty pleas, between April 2015 and November 2015, Tyquario Adams and Johnny Adams conspired with brothers Antonio Tawarn Robertson, 36, Makeith Ladale Robertson, 33, and Terrance D. Woods, 43, as well as Ashton Bernard Shelton, 25; and Amanda Marie Garner, 33, all of Mansfield, La., to sell the drugs. They were recorded making plans to obtain and sell cocaine in the Mansfield area. Approximately 1.5 kilograms of cocaine were involved in the conspiracy.
See the list below for sentencing details:
Defendants | Prison term | Probation | Supervised release | Count* | Date |
M. Robertson | 30 months | — | 3 years | 1 | Nov. 9, 2016 |
Shelton | 46 months | — | 3 years | 1 | Nov. 9, 2016 |
Garner | — | 1 year | — | 3 | Jan. 30, 2017 |
Woods | 70 months | — | 3 years | 1 | March 7, 2017 |
A. Robertson | 36 months | — | 3 years | 1 | March 27, 2017 |
*Count 1 is conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and Count 3 is distribution of cocaine.
The FBI Northwest Louisiana Violent Crimes Task Force and the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison D. Bushnell is prosecuting the case.
Updated April 19, 2017
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Drug Trafficking
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