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NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA – EMNER ISAIAS NAJERA-NAJERA (“NAJERA-NAJERA”) ,   age 41, a native of Guatemala, was indicted on

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA – KYLE THOMSEN (“THOMSEN”) , from New Orleans, was indicted on March 19, 2026 for arson of property

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA – CARLOS ALBERTO ESCOBAR-LOZA (“ESCOBAR-LOZA”) ,   age 47, a native of Honduras, pleaded guilty on March

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced that

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –  On March 12, 2026, JOSE WALTER NIETO-CASTELLANOS (“ NIETO-CASTELLANOS ”), age 31, was sentenced on March

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA –  United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that  ELVIN LEONARDO OLIVA-RODRIGUEZ   (“OLIVA-RODRIGUEZ”) , age 37, a

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ-MEJIA (“ LOPEZ-MEJIA ”), age 34, was sentenced on March 17, 2026 after pleading

NEW ORLEANS, LA –   MICHAEL LEWIS ,  (“LEWIS”) , age 44, of Thibodaux, pled guilty on March 13, 2026

NEW ORLEANS, LA –  On March 5, 2026, ERIN ALONZO (“ALONZO”), age 28, of New Orleans, was indicted for possession

NEW ORLEANS, LA –  On March 5, 2026, KENTRELL WILLIAMS (WILLIAMS), a/k/a “Fire,” age 43, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was

NEW ORLEANS, LA –   RONALD KELLUP ,  (“KELLUP”) , age 77, of New Orleans, pled guilty on March 12,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On Friday, March 13, 2026, a Federal Grand Jury indicted  TANZANIKA RUFFIN (“RUFFIN”) , age 48,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – CORTEZ JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”) , age 42, was indicted on January 9, 2026, for being a felon

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – GERARD CARR (“CARR”) , age 27, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –JANETTE RAMIREZ (“RAMIREZ”) , age 34, was sentenced on January 15, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Barry

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –DONELL BARTHELEMY (“BARTHELEMEY”) , age 22, and MICHAEL BROOKS (“BROOKS”) , age 30, were charged in a

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JACOBO EDUARDO US-REAL (“US-REAL”) , age 18, a native of Guatemala, was indicted on March 5,

NEW ORLEANS – ASHLEY COOPER (“COOPER”) , age 41 of New Orleans, LA, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2026 before United

NEW ORLEANS – MYIESHA ROBERTSON (“ROBERTSON”),  age 35, of New Orleans, LA, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2026 before United States

NEW ORLEANS, LA –   DEQUARIUS HAMLER (“HAMLER”) , age 38, of Tangipahoa Parish, was sentenced on March 6, 2026

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –ROBERT POLK (“POLK”) , age 23, was indicted on February 6, 2026, for two counts of possession

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA –  On February 24, 2026, CHRISTOPHER MYERS (“MYERS”) , age 33, a resident of Slidell, was

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA – MOHAMED H.M. ZEIDAN ,  a/k/a “Sebastian Marcello , a/k/a “Sebastian York , ”  age 33, a

NEW ORLEANS – IRVIN C. FRANCOIS, III (“FRANCOIS”) , age 54, of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District