NEW ORLEANS, LA – DIONTE DORSEY, (“DORSEY”), age 45, of New Orleans, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment, followed by five (5) years of supervised release, by the U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier on September 24, 2026, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. DORSEY had previously pled guilty to Counts 1, 4, and 8 of the indictment pending against him. DORSEY was also ordered to pay a $300 mandatory special assessment fee.
DORSEY was charged in Count 1 with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 841(b)(1)(C).
DORSEY was charged in Count 4 with possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). DORSEY was charged in Count 8 with maintaining a drug-involved premises, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) and Title 18 U.S.C. § 2.
According to the indictment, beginning at a time unknown but continuing until at least May 8, 2024, DORSEY and other individuals maintained three residences in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans for the purpose of packaging and distributing narcotics, including fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin. Numerous drug overdoses that occurred around one of these residences alerted law enforcement to this drug trafficking activity. After the execution of multiple search warrants at these residences, DORSEY and other individuals were arrested, and numerous firearms and large amounts of fentanyl were seized from these residences. DORSEY possessed these firearms to further this drug trafficking conspiracy.
U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Louisiana State Police, and the New Orleans Police Department. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Stuart Theriot of the Violent Crimes Unit.
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