NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Michael Feast, a 31-year-old man from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for gun and drug charges.
According to court records, on August 1, 2024, United States Homeland Security, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint operation to purchase narcotics and firearms from co-conspirator William Small, at an apartments complex in Metairie, Louisiana.
During the joint operation, Feast and Small sold 7 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant in a controlled purchase.
Additionally, during a second joint operation by law enforcement, on September 18, 2024, Feast sold a Metro Arms, Model American Classic Amigo, .45 caliber pistol and a small quantity of cocaine to a person believed to be a legitimate buyer in an additional controlled purchase.
Feast was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment as to Count Two and 60 months as to Count Three, to be served consecutively. Judge Long also ordered that Feast be placed on supervised release for three years as to Count Two and five years as to Count Three. The terms will be served concurrently. Also, Feast is ordered to pay a $200 mandatory special assessment fee.
United States Attorney David I. Courcelle praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security Violent Crime Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Troy L. Bell of the Violent Crime Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office.
This prosecution 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.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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