NEW ORLEANS—Izeal Ducre, age 41, a
resident of Lacombe, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District
Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle for participating in a drug conspiracy to
distribute cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base, or “crack,” announced U.S.
Attorney Jim Letten. In addition to incarceration, Ducre was given 10 years of
supervised release and a $5,000 fine and was ordered to pay a $100 special
assessment.
According to court documents, Ducre
conspired with others in the Slidell area, prior to February 10, 2010 and
continuing through September 29, 2010, to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and
cocaine base, or crack. Numerous telephone calls between Ducre and a crack
distributor were recorded pursuant to a court authorized wire-tap. In those
calls, Ducre arranged for the purchase of crack from a dealer on several occasions.
On at least one occasion, Ducre supplied the dealer with cocaine hydrochloride,
which was then processed into more than 280 grams of crack cocaine.
This investigation was initiated based
upon a request for assistance by St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain.
Deputies with the Narcotics Unit of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office
have assisted special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with this
matter. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Edward J.
Rivera and Sean Toomey
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