Paul Anthony Lewis, Drug Trafficking, Louisiana 2024

State: Louisiana
Category: Drug Trafficking
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/west-monroe-man-sentenced-20-years-drug-trafficking" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

A West Monroe man has been sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking charges. Paul Anthony Lewis, 50, was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, cocaine base, and fentanyl; and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, cocaine base, and fentanyl.

The investigation into Lewis’ activities began with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Metro Narcotics Unit of Ouachita Parish. Agents conducted surveillance of Lewis’ stash house and observed packages delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. A subsequent search of the house revealed large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, cocaine base, and promethazine.

Lewis was also found to have used his telephone to negotiate drug trafficking transactions with unindicted co-conspirators in Texas and in the Western District of Louisiana.

‘The choices of this defendant to continue to possess and distribute a buffet of illegal substances, even after having spent time in federal prison before, has resulted in him now spending the later years of his life behind bars,’ said U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown. ‘We continue to stand by our commitment to make it a priority in the Western District of Louisiana to have zero tolerance for those who choose to sell narcotics, especially the most dangerous narcotic of all, fentanyl.’

Lewis has a lengthy criminal history, including a federal conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2001 when he was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison.

The case was investigated by the DEA, Metro Narcotics Unit of Ouachita Parish, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Gaskins and Alexander C. Van Hook, Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney.

Lewis was sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.

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