New Orleans Felon Sentenced to 2 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Offense: Gun and 100-Plus Drug Baggies in Pockets
A New Orleans, Louisiana, man with a prior felony conviction has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and committing a firearms offense. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced on November 12 that U.S. District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown sentenced Derrick Serignet on November 5.
Serignet, 44, received 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, along with a $200 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to court documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was surveilling Serignet after receiving information that he was selling narcotics in the Central City area of New Orleans. On February 4, 2026, FBI special agents and New Orleans Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop on Serignet. He had a loaded Glock Model 43x nine-millimeter pistol in one pocket, and over 50 baggies of fentanyl and 50 baggies of cocaine, which he intended to distribute, in his other pocket. Serignet is prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a prior felony conviction for attempted armed robbery.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the New Orleans Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney David Berman of the Violent Crime Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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