LAFAYETTE, La. – A 43-year-old Alexandria man has been sentenced to 188 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug trafficking charges.
Derrick Felton was charged in an indictment on July 13, 2018, following an investigation by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation into suspicious packages that were detected by a postal employee delivering mail in November 2017.
The packages, shipped from Los Angeles, California to an address in the Western District of Louisiana, had been sent via the U.S. Postal Service. One of the packages had a torn bottom, and upon inspection, the postal employee discovered what appeared to be bags of methamphetamine inside the package.
Law enforcement agents with the FBI were contacted, and a drug dog alerted on each of the three packages. A search warrant was then obtained for the packages, leading to the discovery of 18 pounds of methamphetamine inside each box.
Inside the boxes, the methamphetamine was surrounded by cooking pans. Agents analyzed the cooking pans and found Felton’s fingerprints on two of the pans. Felton pleaded guilty on August 24, 2021, and acknowledged that he facilitated the delivery of the 18 pounds of methamphetamine to the Western District of Louisiana.
A laboratory analysis of the substance inside the boxes was determined to contain approximately 8 kilograms of a mixture or substance methamphetamine.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Service investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys John W. Nickel and Robert C. Abendroth prosecuted the case. Derrick Felton, 43, of Alexandria, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Jay Zainey to 188 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug trafficking charges.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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