EVANS LEWIS, a/k/a “Easy”, 22, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty yesterday to the murder of Gregory Keys and shooting of Kendrick Smothers during the course of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
The guilty plea resulted from a multi-year investigation of a heroin trafficking organization that operated in an area known as the “G-Strip” in New Orleans. The G-Strip is an area encompassing the 1300 block of Gallier Street in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Many of the members of the G-Strip were also affiliated with a gang known as the 39ers, an alliance of heroin traffickers in the Third and Ninth Wards of New Orleans.
To date, eleven individuals related to the G-Strip organization have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking-related offenses.
According to Court records, on or about May 24, 2011, LEWIS and co-defendant Gregory Stewart, a/k/a “Rabbit”, a/k/a “D-Nice”, 22, knowingly carried and used two firearms, a 40-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a 7.62-caliber assault rifle, during and in relation to the commission of a drug trafficking crime, and in the course of this violation, caused the death of Keys through the use of a firearm.
LEWIS will be sentenced on July 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. He faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a period of supervised release of not more than 5 years.
The investigation is being conducted by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the New Orleans Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sharan Lieberman, Maurice Landrieu, and Matthew Payne.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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