Slidell Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Heroin, Cocaine, And Crack Drugs After Heroin Found in a Safe Being Moved from His Stash House | USAO-EDLA

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that KENDRICK DEMOURELLE, 40 years old, a Slidell, Louisiana resident, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of heroin on November 2, 2021 Cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine. DEMOURELLE faces a compulsory ten-year prison term up to life imprisonment, a fine of up to $ 10,000,000, a minimum of five (5) years’ prudential release after release from prison, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $ 100 any drug offense in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 (a) (1), 841 (b) (1) (A) and 846.

According to court records, DEMOURELLE and four others, Joseph Brown, Lionel Cooley, Blake Monroe and Kevin Gray conspired to sell illegal narcotics in New Orleans. A portable safe brought from the DEMOURELLE warehouse during a court-approved search contained nearly a kilogram of heroin. A GMC Sierra pickup truck used by Cooley contained nearly two kilograms of cocaine and 430 grams of crack. A court-approved search found more than 400 grams of heroin, 125 grams of cocaine, a kilo press and other drug paraphernalia at Gray’s home in Chalmette, Louisiana.

The evidence against DEMORELLE includes the seizure of more than $ 50,000 and firearms found in his Denali truck after he sold two kilograms of cocaine to Cooley.

U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter will convict DEMOURELLE on February 15, 2022. DEMOURELLE, Brown, Cooley, Gray and Monroe were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack and heroin in the New Orleans area in February 2020. All five had pleaded guilty to the drug offense.

The charges are part of an investigation by the Anti-Drug Organized Crime Task Forces (OCDETF). The OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the senior drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations threatening the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence, and inter-agency approach that counteracts the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies criminal networks.

US Attorney Evans praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Hammond Police Department, New Orleans Police Department, and Slidell Police Department in investigating the matter. U.S. Assistant Attorney David Howard Sinkman leads the indictment.

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