Date: 08-15-2018

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Case Number: 6:18-cr-00067-DDD-PJH

Judge: Dee D. Drell

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Lafayette Parish)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Daniel J. McCoy

Defendant's Attorney: Kirk Piccione

Description: Lafayette, LA - Lafayette man sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for conspiring to distribute multiple quantities of fentanyl, heroin, opioids and other controlled substances and illegally possessing a firearm

A Lafayette man was sentenced on August 14, 2018 to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute multiple quantities of narcotics and illegal possessing a 9 mm handgun.

Jacob Glen Collett, 35, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release. According to the April 19, 2018 guilty plea, Collett was arrested during an ongoing narcotics investigation in Lafayette and Jeff Davis parishes that took place from April 2017 to August 2017. Law enforcement agents found Collett in possession of 705.2 grams of methamphetamine, 222 dosage units of LSD, 56 tablets containing fentanyl, 4.01 grams of MDMA, 38.9 grams of heroin, 16.5 grams of cocaine, 52.3 grams of a mixture and substance containing THC, a Berretta 9 mm model 92FS handgun, and 16 rounds of ammunition.

The DEA, ATF, Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Department, Lafayette Police Department, Lafayette Metro Narcotics Task Force, Calcasieu Combined Anti-Drug Task Force and Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation.

Charges:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance with Forfeiture Allegations
(1)

UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. - Possession of Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person with Forfeiture Allegations
(2)

Outcome: Defendant sentenced to 151 months imprisonment as to Count 1 and 120 months imprisonment as to Count 2, with credit for time served, to run concurrently; upon release from imprisonment, supervised release with special conditions for a term of 5 years as to Count 1 and 3 years as to Count 2, to run concurrently; $100 Special Assessment per count

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