All USAO Press Releases

On May 24, 2023, Senior United States District Court Judge Callie V. Granade sentenced Lavarance D. Nettles to 60 months imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Nettles had previously plead guilty to the offense.

United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Judge Kristi DuBose sentenced defendant Jose Fulwood, 26, to 12 months and one day in prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Fulwood entered a guilty plea to this offense on February 9, 2023.

Dennis Elmo Haskew, 42, of Thomasville, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by United States District Judge Kristi DuBose for distribution of child pornography. Haskew entered a guilty plea to this offense on January 26, 2023. 

MACON, Ga. – Two co-conspirators involved in an armed drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing 16 kilograms of methamphetamine in Middle Georgia had court hearings recently. Tamara Hall, 40, of Warner Robins, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 210 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release after she previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on April 19, 2022. Benjamin Luopa, 48, of Warner Robins, pleaded guilty to two counts of use of a communication facility. Luopa faces a maximum sentence of four

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NEW ORLEANS STEAMBOAT COMPANY (“NOSC”), was charged on May 26, 2023 with violating the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) in connection with a discharge of excess ballast material into the Industrial Canal in New Orleans in 2019.