Brothers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Drug and Gun Violations

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ARTHUR HARRIS, age 21, and hisbrother ANDRE HARRIS, age 26, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, weresentenced today by U. S. District Judge Carl Barbier to lengthy terms infederal prison, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
ARTHUR HARRIS was sentenced to serve over forty (40) years(481 months) in federal prison. The breakdown of the sentence is as follows:Counts 1 - drug conspiracy, Count 2 - gun conspiracy, and Counts 3 and 5 -possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine – 121 monthsincarceration. Count 4 - possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drugtrafficking activities – 60 consecutive months incarceration. Count 6 -possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities,second offense – 300 consecutive months incarceration.
ANDRE HARRIS was sentenced to serve over fifteen (15) years(181 months) in federal prison. The breakdown of the sentence is as follows:Count 1 - drug conspiracy, Count 2 - gun conspiracy, and Count 5 - possessionwith the intent to distribute crack cocaine – 121 months incarceration Count 6- possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities –60 consecutive months incarceration.
In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Barbierimposed three (3) years of supervisory release on each defendant following theterm of imprisonment, during which time each defendant will be under federalsupervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate anyterms of his supervised release.
The brothers were convicted in December 2011 after a jurytrial in federal court of participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocainebase ("crack"), a conspiracy to use firearms in furtherance of theirdrug trafficking crimes, and several other substantive counts of possessionwith the intent to distribute crack cocaine and the possession of firearms infurtherance of their drug trafficking offenses.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of the ATF, theUnited States Marshals Service and the New Orleans Police Department. Thismatter was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Sharan Lieberman andMaurice E. Landrieu, Jr .