31-Year-Old Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Drug and Firearms Charges and Faces Up to Life in Prison and a $1 Million Fine
31-Year-Old Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Drug and Firearms Charges and Faces Up to Life in Prison and a $1 Million Fine
New Orleans, Louisiana – A 31-year-old Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to multiple drug and firearms charges and now faces up to life in prison and a $1 million fine.
On March 20, 2023, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Brian Tardy, age 31, resident of Orleans Parish in Louisiana pled guilty on Thursday, March 16, 2023, to all counts of a three-count superseding bill of information for drug and weapons violations. Tardy’s sentencing is set for June 22, 2023.
Tardy is charged in Count 1 of the superseding bill of information with possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D), for which he faces a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and at least 2 years of supervised release. Tardy is also charged in Count 1 with possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), for which he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $1,000,000, and at least three years of supervised release.
Tardy is charged in Count 2 with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1), for which he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years to life imprisonment, to run consecutively with any other sentence imposed, a fine of up to $250,000.00, and up to 5 years supervised release.
Finally, Count 3 accuses Tardy of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g) and 924(a)(2), for which he faces up to ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. Tardy must also pay a $100 obligatory special assessment fee for each count.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that brings all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve together to minimize violent crime and gun violence and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy to strengthen PSN on May 26, 2021, based on the following core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the New Orleans Police Department, and the Louisiana State Police were all lauded by U.S. Attorney Evans. Assistant US Attorney Inga Petrovich of the Violent Crime Unit is prosecuting the case.
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