Source: Office of United States Attorneys
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DEVIN HILLIARD (“HILLIARD”), age 49, of New Orleans, pled guilty on before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, to selling drugs and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Sentencing is set for April 24, 2025.
According to court documents, HILLARD was engaged in drug trafficking in the New Orleans area and was apprehended carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense.
HILLIARD faces up to life imprisonment on the charges, a fine of up to $1,000,000, followed by up to five years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of three hundred dollars.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Richard R. Pickens, II of the Financial Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.