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NEW ORLEANS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR HEROIN CONSPIRACY
July 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XAVIER O’CONNOR, a/k/a Money, age 22, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to ten (10) years (120 months) imprisonment for his part in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.
According to court documents, O’CONNOR pled guilty on April 23, 2008, to a Superceding Bill of Information which charged him with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 1 or more kilograms of heroin. The conspiracy which involved multiple kilograms of heroin and cocaine began prior to October 1, 2004 and continued until September 13, 2007. During the summer of 2007, O’CONNOR and his co-conspirators were intercepted by FBI wiretaps communicating about their illegal drug trafficking. Prior to that, on February 9, 2007, O’CONNOR had been arrested in Jefferson Parish for distribution of heroin after the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a surveillance operation in which agents witnessed O’CONNOR and his co-conspirator making numerous hand-to-hand drug transactions out of their car. A search of the apartment where O’CONNOR and his co-conspirator were seen entering and exiting between drug transactions resulted in the seizure of approximately 360 grams of heroin, drug paraphernalia, and four firearms. O’CONNOR, who has no prior convictions, has been in custody since his arrest on federal charges.
The investigation was conducted by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney Emily Greenfield.
