Texas Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

MONROE, La. – United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller announces that Texas resident Charles Logwood, 34, has been sentenced to a total of 204 months (17 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. In July 2025, a federal jury convicted Logwood of possessing methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to distribute them, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of those drug trafficking offenses. Chief United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Logwood today.

Evidence at the trial established that in August 2023, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) received information that Logwood was coming to the Monroe area to exchange methamphetamine for cash with another individual. Surveillance teams were established by the Monroe Police Department, Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office, and federal agents. After physical surveillance identified the vehicle Logwood was driving, agents conducted a traffic stop of his vehicle. When asked if he had any weapons inside the vehicle, Logwood admitted to having a gun in the car. A search of Logwood’s car revealed a pistol under the seat and a large amount of cash on his person, as well as approximately 4.5 kilograms of nearly pure methamphetamine, Percocet pills with a pill crusher, and 1.5 kilograms of marijuana. Logwood was arrested on scene.

The case was investigated by the DEA, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the Monroe Police Department, and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys J. Aaron Crawford and Daniel J. Vermaelen are prosecuting the case.

The investigation and conviction of Logwood was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF was a program that identified, disrupted, and dismantled the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threatened the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leveraged the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

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