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NEW ORLEANS, LA –  On October 16, 2026,  HAROLD BANKS ("BANKS"), age 48, of New Orleans, was indicted on two

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JESSE KAPTEIN (“KAPTEIN”) ,   age 49, formerly of New Orleans, was indicted on October 16,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – KEVIN SINCENO (“SINCENO”) , age 43, of Slidell, Louisiana, was indicted on October 15, 2026 for

NEW ORLEANS – On October 13, 2026, JOHN M. SPIVEY (“SPIVEY”) , age 55, of New Orleans, was ordered to pay

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – BYRON BUTLER (“BUTLER”) , age 33, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty on October 15,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –  On October 14, 2026, SHYENNE WHITE , was charged with Receiving Illegal Gratuity by a Public

NEW ORLEANS – JESUS MORA RODRIGUEZ (“RODRIGUEZ”) , age 56 was sentenced on October 13, 2026 by United States District Judge

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –  On October 13, 2026, MARCEL GROSS (“GROSS”) ,   age 56, of Slidell, was sentenced on

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –   DANNY PATRICK KEATING, JR. , age 57, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 15,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DAVID MOREL (“MOREL”) ,   age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 14, 2026,

New Orleans – Today, U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle, along with the federal, state and local participating agencies comprising the

NEW ORLEANS, LA. –   STERLING PIPKINS (“PIPKINS”) , age 42, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 8, 2026, by

New Orleans, Louisiana – Today, United States Attorney David I. Courcelle for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced the sentencing

NEW ORLEANS –    RAYMOND T. KNESEL (“KNESEL”) , age 60, of Abita Springs, Louisiana was indicted on October 9,

NEW ORLEANS – NICHOLAS JOHN ENGOLIA   II, (“ENGOLIA”),  age 32, pleaded guilty on October 8, 2026 before U.S. District Judge

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –RALPH PRICE (“PRICE”) , age 29, was sentenced on October 8, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Carl

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – EL MAHDI KOUTABI ("KOUTABI") , age 34, a citizen of Morocco, was indicted on October 2, 2026,

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –   TYRON RAINEY (“RAINEY”) (36 years old) from Thibodaux, La. was sentenced on October 1, 2026

NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA – GIE PRESTON (“PRESTON”) , age 51, a resident of Orleans, was charged in a three-count indictment on

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – LEVIN YULIEN ESCOTO-SOLIS (“ESCOTO-SOLIS”), age 38, a Honduran national, was indicted on October 2, 2026, for

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MIGUEL SANTOS-MEZA (“SANTOS-MEZA”) , age 50, a Honduran national, was indicted on October 2, 2026, for

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MIGUEL SANTOS-MEZA (“SANTOS-MEZA”) , age 50, a Honduran national, was indicted on October 2, 2026, for

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A recently unsealed superseding indictment charged three men,  HECTOR MARQUEZ MARQUEZ (“MARQUEZ”) , age 22, a

The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Saleem Alzaq, as well as the arrests of Omar