Source: Office of United States Attorneys
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that KYLIN SEXTON (“SEXTON”), age 25, a resident of Hammond, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown on July 24, 2025, to a sentence of time served, for possessing marijuana and cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). Additionally, SEXTON was ordered to serve three (3) years of supervised release following his release from prison.
According to court records, on May 18, 2022, the Ponchatoula Police Department was dispatched to a retail establishment after receiving a complaint that SEXTON’s cousin, Tyshon Coleman, was in possession of a firearm. Upon arriving in the parking lot, the officers located the vehicle and observed Coleman and SEXTON seated inside of the vehicle. Given the nature of the complaint, the officers approached the vehicle and ordered Coleman to show his hands. Coleman refused to comply and refused to place his hands behind his back when the officers attempted to remove him from the vehicle. After finally removing Coleman from the vehicle, officers observed a Glock Model 17, nine-millimeter handgun and extended magazine, loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition, between the passenger seat and center console. The firearm had a machine gun conversion device, a Glock switch, attached to it.
Coleman pled guilty to possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a machine gun on September 19, 2024, and was sentenced to 106 months imprisonment on December 19, 2024.
The officers also observed a green backpack on the floorboard of the driver’s side where SEXTON was seated. Upon opening the greed backpack, the officers located marijuana and cocaine hydrochloride packaged for distribution.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the New Orleans Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brittany Reed of the Violent Crime/Strike Force Unit.