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New Orleans Man Sentenced to 115 Months in Federal Prison for Crack Cocaine Possession
A New Orleans man has been sentenced to 115 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. Hoxie Marcelin, 39, was handed the sentence by U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman. This sentence represented the top of the recommended sentencing guidelines.
According to court documents, the New Orleans Police Department received information that illegal drugs were being sold from a residence located at 2312 First Street in New Orleans. NOPD officers were advised that a female, approximately 30 years of age, was selling crack cocaine from the front door of the residence.
Officers conducted a ‘controlled buy’ of crack cocaine from the First Street address, and after the purchase, they obtained a search warrant for the residence. Prior to the execution of the search warrant, officers conducted surveillance and observed the female, and a male, later identified as Hoxie Marcelin, exit from the residence and depart in separate vehicles.
Officers then conducted a stop of each vehicle and found 31 individually wrapped pieces of crack cocaine in Marcelin’s rear pocket along with $230.00 in cash. Marcelin also had a set of keys to the First Street residence. The officers then returned and conducted a search of the First Street residence, finding a knotted plastic bag containing slabs and pieces of crack cocaine inside a coffee maker, along with razor blades and plastic sandwich baggies.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rick Veters of the Drug Unit. U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente announced the sentence.
Marcelin will be placed on four years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, during which time he will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate any terms of his supervised release.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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