{"id":54457,"date":"2023-10-20T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54457"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:32:31","slug":"operation-big-easy-nets-41-suspects-charged-with-firearm-drug-distribution-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54457","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Operation Big Easy&#8221; Nets 41 Suspects Charged with Firearm, Drug Distribution and Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>NEW ORLEANS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>Law enforcement officials announced Friday that 41 individuals were charged in connection with firearms trafficking, drug distribution, conspiracy, and other offenses following a three-month violent crime reduction initiative in New Orleans this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cFor months, incredibly brave ATF agents and our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners have been investigating violent criminals who have terrorized New Orleans,\u201d said Director Steve Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). \u201cThe results are now clear: dozens of arrests; scores of seized firearms, including guns previously used in crimes; recoveries of stolen guns and guns with obliterated serial numbers; and the seizure of deadly machine gun conversion devices. All done better than ever using crime gun intelligence to catch the worst of the worst. ATF commits to continue using and sharing its intelligence with our courageous partners around the country to further drive down violent crime.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54461 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"blue bmw car in a dark room\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ffh_gkinfyy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Indictments and complaints were recently unsealed in federal court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Officials stated that the charges stemmed from the extensive, targeted, and sustained effort this past summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This operation resulted in about 71 crime-related firearms being permanently removed from New Orleans\u2019 streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54462 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"different vehicles on road near buildings during night time\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fzpg_1qjouy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The seized weapons included a significant number of stolen firearms and others with obliterated serial numbers. NIBIN data connected a number of firearms to violent criminal activity, including homicides and felonious assaults, that took place in the New Orleans area and Gulf Coast region in 2022 and 2023. And six of the weapons are machinegun-conversion devices, or \u201cswitches,\u201d which enable a firearm to fire in fully automatic mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Some of these individuals also sold controlled substances to law enforcement. Many of these sales took place in public parking lots of business establishments during business hours or in recreational areas while nearby citizens engaged in their day-to-day errands or recreational activities. During this investigation, law enforcement\u00a0purchased or seized over two kilograms of fentanyl\/heroin mix, over one-half kilogram of cocaine and cocaine base, and over one-half kilogram of methamphetamine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The following is a breakdown of the charges in United States District Court, according to court\u00a0documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Michael Lott, 49, Dianta Tropez, 29, Vernell Woodard, 40, Quindele Addison, 47, Sheena Rudolph, 40, and Coris Addison, 23, were charged on Sept. 22 in a superseding indictment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Quindele Addison, Woodard, Rudolph and Tropez were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Tropez,\u00a0Woodard and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Quindele Addison\u00a0were further charged with distribution of methamphetamine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lott, Tropez and Woodard were charged with conspiracy and robbery of a person of money belonging to the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lott, Tropez<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Woodard<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>with brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and assaulting an officer of the United States with a deadly weapon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lott,\u00a0Tropez\u00a0and\u00a0Quindele Addison were charged with unlawfully possessing firearms following felony convictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Quindele Addison\u00a0was charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Quindele Addison\u00a0and\u00a0Woodard\u00a0are charged, jointly, with maintaining a drug involved premises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rashad Montague, 32, was charged Oct. 10 via complaint with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dawud Barnes, 22, was indicted Oct. 6 for possession and transfer of a machinegun.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Vin Davis, 43, and William Grace, 45, were indicted Oct. 5 for distribution of fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Anthony Doyl, 40, and Carlos Guillen, 43, were indicted Oct. 12 for distribution of fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Devin Hilliard, 47, and Stering Pipkins, 39, were indicted Oct. 12 for distribution of cocaine, and Hilliard was additionally charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Joshua Hogan, 35, was indicted Sept. 29 for distribution of fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dayshawn Brown, 39, was indicted Oct. 12 for distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Michael Lewis, 36, was indicted Oct. 6 for distributing fentanyl\/heroin\/cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Troy Locke, 34, was indicted on Sept. 8 for unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Junior Alexander Moncada-Vargas, 34, was indicted Sept. 29 for possession and transfer a machinegun and unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as an unauthorized alien.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Luis Morales, 33, Tyrone Whittington, 38, and Daniel Beck, 43, were indicted Oct. 5. Morales, Whittington, and Beck were charged with distribution of methamphetamine. Morales was charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction. Whittington was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Tommy Nash, 50 and Loreall Gorden, 38, were indicted Sept. 22 for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and distribution of fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rodney Offray, 49, was indicted Sept. 22 for distribution of fentanyl and heroin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jamar Holmes, 34, was indicted Oct. 5 for distribution of fentanyl and cocaine and sale of a stolen firearm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kennan Alexis, age 47, was indicted Oct. 5 for distribution of fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dameron Carmon, 45, were charged Oct. 20 via complaint with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Daniel Smith, 55, were charged Oct. 20 via complaint with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The following is a breakdown of the charges in Orleans Criminal District Court,\u00a0according to court documents:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Johnny Milton, 42, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Brandon Adiar, 49, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kenneth Tyler, 46, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Brandon Jackson, 33, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Calvin Smith, 44, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cordero Johnson, 35, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ernest Cloud, 29, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">LC Nixon, 33, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cierra Craig, 34, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ormond King, 31, drug trafficking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Zed Jones<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>age 32, illegal possession of a firearm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">ATF investigated the cases, with assistance from the DEA, New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State Police, U.S. Marshals Service, City of New Orleans Office of Criminal Justice Coordination, and the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, with additional thanks to the New Orleans Emergency Management Service and Crime Stoppers, GNO. 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