Laquon Ashton, Cocaine and Meth Distribution, Louisiana 2013

SHREVEPORT, La.

Laquon Ashton, 33, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in distributing cocaine and methamphetamine in Northwest Louisiana.

According to evidence presented at the guilty plea on July 2, 2013, Laquon Ashton admitted to conspiring with his mother Janette Ashton, Seneca Colbert, Brian Davis, and others to sell cocaine and methamphetamine in the Mansfield and Shreveport areas from January 2012 to March 2012.

Authorities used a confidential informant and recorded defendants making sales, conducting purchases, and scheduling deliveries of illegal drugs.

Laquon Ashton’s sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter on February 28, 2014.

Janette Ashton was sentenced on September 26, 2013, to 60 months in prison and four years of supervised release for one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She pleaded guilty on April 16, 2013.

Colbert was sentenced on December 23, 2013, to 96 months in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Colbert pleaded guilty on July 2, 2013.

Davis was sentenced on February 24, 2014, to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Davis pleaded guilty on November 4, 2013.

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