A New Orleans man, identified as Donald Miller, also known as "Duck," has pleaded guilty to federal drug offenses, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana reported. According to a press release yesterday, Miller, aged 43, was admitted before US District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute, cocaine hydrochloride amounting to more than 500 grams.
Slated for sentencing on January 15, 2025, Miller is up against a potential five to forty years in prison, a fine of up to $5 million, and a mandatory minimum of four years supervised release, along with a $100 special assessment fee. Per the documented proceedings, Miller and his associates distributed multiple kilograms of cocaine in the Louisiana region. This case is a fragment of a much larger canvas – part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) initiative aimed at uprooting high-level drug trafficking and criminal syndicates, as per the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The sting that led to Miller's guilty plea was a collaborative juggernaut, spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Division Office. It also involved heavy hitters like the FBI, U.S. Border Patrol, and a host of local Louisiana law enforcement agencies including, but not limited to, the Gretna Major Crimes Task Force, Kenner Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and the New Orleans Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit is tasked with prosecuting the case.
