Darrell Charles Coleman, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Texas 2024

New Orleans Man Guilty of Methamphetamine Trafficking in Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas - A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Darrell Charles Coleman, 37, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn on May 28, 2026.

According to information presented in court, on June 27, 2024, Coleman was stopped for speeding on Interstate-10 in Beaumont. Coleman and his passenger, Kory Jarvis Schaffer, were returning to Louisiana from Houston. A search of the vehicle revealed more than four kilograms of methamphetamine and nearly 500 grams of fentanyl, which Coleman and Schaffer possessed for redistribution to others.

Schaffer, also of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on May 18, 2026.

This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.

Coleman and Schaffer each face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison at sentencing. The actual sentence will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/nola-man-guilty-drug-trafficking-part-homeland-security-task-force-investigation