Michael Leveridge, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Louisiana 2018

Federal Authorities Crack Down on Dallas Man's Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation

In a significant blow to the illicit drug trade, MICHAEL LEVERIDGE, a 45-year-old resident of Dallas, Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.

According to court documents, in 2014, during the New Orleans Decadence Festival, LEVERIDGE traveled to New Orleans with approximately 21 ounces (over one-half kilogram) of a mixture containing methamphetamine. He intended to resell the methamphetamine in the New Orleans area.

Agents recovered the 21 ounces of methamphetamine, along with other contraband, during a search warrant of LEVERIDGE's room at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter over Decadence Festival weekend.

As a result of his guilty plea, LEVERIDGE faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum life sentence, a fine of up to $10,000,000 and at least five years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Louisiana State Police in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Long is in charge of the prosecution.

LEVERIDGE is set to be sentenced on September 27, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/dallas-man-pleads-guilty-methamphetamine-trafficking-conspiracy