ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph
announced today that a federal jury found a Breaux Bridge man guilty of
conspiring with three Lafayette residents to sell heroin.
Joshua Edwards, 32, of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, was found
guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute controlled substances. United
States District Judge Dee D. Drell presided over the trial, which started
Monday and ended today. Evidence admitted at trial revealed that Edwards, along
with Jacobe Arceneaux, 34; Terrence T. Woods, 33; and Robert Jenkins, 35, all
of Lafayette, conspired to distribute heroin in the Acadiana area in 2016 and
2017. Law enforcement agents identified Arceneaux as a heroin supplier who used
a relative’s home on Simcoe Street in Lafayette as a stash house and used the
relative as an intermediary to sell drugs.
Edwards faces a minimum of 10 years to life in prison, eight
years of supervised release and a $5 million fine. Sentencing has been set for October 31, 2018.
Arceneaux pleaded guilty to the distribution count on July 13, 2017, and is
scheduled to be sentenced on October 9, 2018. Woods pleaded guilty to the
distribution count on September 20, 2017, and the sentencing date has not been
set. Jenkins pleaded guilty to the distribution count on January 11, 2018, and
he was sentenced on May 8, 2018 to 90 months in prison and four years of
supervised release.
The FBI, DEA, Lafayette Metro Narcotics and other law
enforcement agencies conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys
Robert C. Abendroth and Daniel J. McCoy are prosecuting the case.
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