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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Over 22 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy
Jackson, Miss. – Lorenzo Dyrell Hickman, 32, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to 270 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
Hickman was charged in a single count indictment on May 2, 2018, and pled guilty on November 2, 2018, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Hickman was responsible for the distribution of kilograms of methamphetamine in the Philadelphia, Mississippi area. He also was convicted in Georgia of possessing a kilogram of cocaine that was destined for distribution in Mississippi.
This case is the result of an extensive Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, dubbed AOperation Highlife,@ which began as an operation targeting illegal narcotics distribution in east central Mississippi area that involved the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. The distribution network encompasses the states of California, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.
“Methamphetamine has devastated countless communities due to the dramatic health and public safety consequences that typically accompany its introduction into an area,” said Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans Jere T. Miles. “Today’s sentencing stems from an extensive HSI effort with its federal, state and local partners to dismantle a drug trafficking organization that decimated parts of Mississippi and Alabama with cocaine and other narcotics smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. This operation is a testament to the seamless partnership between HSI, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and we are thankful for their assistance as well as the U.S. Attorneys’ to improve the lives of law-abiding residents throughout Mississippi and Alabama.”
