Houma Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – HARRIS HENDERSON, age 44, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count indictment charging him with distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.

According to court records, in January 2018, a confidential source (CS) informed agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Terrebonne Parish Narcotics Task Force that HENDERSON sold methamphetamine in the Terrebonne Parish area. On February 7, 2018, agents used the confidential source to make a controlled purchase of approximately two ounces of methamphetamine from HENDERSON in Schriever, Louisiana.

HENDERSON faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum of forty years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $5,000,000.00, at least four years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment and a $100.00 special assessment fee.

This prosecution is part of an extensive investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).  OCDETF is a joint federal, state, and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets. 

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Homeland Security Investigations, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office.  The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney André Jones.