Carlos Delarosa: Meth Ring’s Final Defendant Gets 10 Years

Carlos Delarosa, 22, of Dallas, Texas, is done running. The final defendant in a Shreveport-based methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Thursday to 120 months in federal prison—10 long years behind bars—after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute meth and possessing a firearm to further drug trafficking. The takedown closes a chapter on a high-volume operation that pumped nearly a kilogram of crystal meth into Louisiana in a matter of months.

U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. handed down the sentence after Delarosa admitted to five separate cross-state meth runs from Dallas to Shreveport. On March 29, 2017, he arrived with 454 grams of the drug, handing off a portion to co-defendant Christopher Hudson, 22, of Greenwood, La. Hudson didn’t make it far—federal agents collared him at a Shreveport casino, triggering a chain reaction that led straight to Delarosa and two other conspirators at a Bossier City gambling den.

When agents took Delarosa down, they didn’t find empty pockets. Stuffed in his front right pants pocket: a drug ledger detailing transactions. In his hotel room safe: a stash that screamed professional operation—196.9 grams of meth, 33.7 grams of powder cocaine, and a loaded .9 mm Makarov semi-automatic handgun with seven rounds ready to fire. Also seized: digital scales, cell phones, and $3,250 in cash—paraphernalia of a man deep in the game.

Delarosa admitted to moving 756 grams of meth over three trips and another full kilogram across two additional runs. This wasn’t casual dealing. This was logistics. This was supply chains. And it ended with a federal indictment that spared no one. Amone Louangamath, 42, of Shreveport, and Daniel Koelemay, 41, of Bossier City, were both arrested at the casino alongside Delarosa, each later pleading guilty to the same conspiracy charge.

The other dominoes had already fallen. Koelemay and Hudson were sentenced November 20, 2017, to 46 months each, plus three years supervised release. Louangamath followed on February 28, 2018, getting 37 months and three years supervised. But Delarosa, as the primary transporter and armed player, drew the harshest penalty—double-digit time and five years of watchful eyes after release.

The investigation was a joint hammer blow by the DEA and Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tennille M. Gilreath prosecuted the case with the cold precision federal drug cases demand. No deals. No leniency. Just prison time. Another meth ring dismantled—but the streets won’t stay clean long.