A New Orleans man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in a heroin conspiracy that resulted in an overdose death.
Terence Taylor, 37, was sentenced to 324 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release following his prison term, and a $200 special assessment by U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt on April 12, 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The investigation, led by the DEA New Orleans Police Department High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area group, revealed that Taylor was involved in a heroin trafficking organization that used a residence in New Orleans East as a base of operations.
Court documents show that the organization used ‘dope’ phones to communicate with suppliers, other co-conspirators, and customers, and that numerous daily heroin customers would call these phones to order heroin.
On July 12, 2013, a court-authorized wiretap of Taylor’s ‘dope’ phone intercepted a series of calls relating to the sale of heroin to a person who had recently been through treatment for heroin addiction and who died later that day as a result of a heroin overdose.
The investigation also revealed that Taylor negotiated this particular sale of heroin and that co-defendant Malcolm Bolden subsequently met with the decedent to complete the sale.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite praised the work of the DEA New Orleans Police Department High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area group, the FBI, and the ATF, with the assistance of the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office, the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office, and the Louisiana State Police in investigating this matter.
Assistant United States Attorneys Michael B. Redmann and Mark A. Miller are in charge of the prosecution.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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