Louisiana Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years After Pleading Guilty to Multiple Drug Charges
Published March 08, 2022
Louisiana Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years After Pleading Guilty to Multiple Drug Charges
Louisiana – Demarquiez Harris (“D. Harris”), age 26, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 3, 2022, by United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 262 months imprisonment and 60 months of supervised release after pleading guilty to five counts of a twelve-count indictment charging him and two of his brothers with several narcotics offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. D. Harris pled guilty to counts 1, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of the indictment.
The counts of conviction are as follows:
- Count 1 – Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five hundred (500) grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine;
- Count 4 – Distribution of fifty (50) grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine;
- Count 6 – Distribution of a quantity of cocaine base;
- Count 7 – Distribution of fifty (50) grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine; and
- Count 8 – Distribution of quantity of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
Special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives identified D. Harris’s brother Trevion Harris as a methamphetamine trafficker in Bogalusa, Louisiana, according to court documents. From November 2018 to May 1, 2019, special agents successfully purchased methamphetamine in amounts ranging from two grams to eight ounces from Trevion Harris and his brothers, Jonzarrion and D. Harris.
D. Harris must pay a $500.00 mandatory special assessment fee in addition to his terms of imprisonment and supervised release.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Bogalusa Police Department investigated this case as part of a larger investigation into individuals suspected of trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine and/or firearms in the Bogalusa area. André Jones, an Assistant United States Attorney, was in charge of the prosecution.
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