Busted for running a massive cocaine ring, 50-year-old New Orleans man Brison Shelton is going down for 12 years.
Shelton, a longtime resident of the Crescent City, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in the slammer, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a $200 mandatory special assessment fee.
According to court documents, Shelton and his cohorts were responsible for distributing multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The investigation, led by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Orleans Field Division Office, uncovered a whopping 71 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, 12 kilograms of fentanyl, 4.5 kilograms of heroin, and nearly $1.2 million in U.S. currency and other seized property.
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation, which targets the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States.
The case was led by the DEA, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Gretna Major Crimes Task Force, the Kenner Police Department, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the St. John’s Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the New Orleans Police Department.
The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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