New Orleans Felon Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –MICHAEL BROOKS (“BROOKS”), age 30, pleaded guilty on July 23, 2026, before U.S.

District Judge Brandon S.

Long to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and tapentadol, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), 841(b)(1)(D), and 846; possession with intent to distribute those same substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D);  conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(o); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S.

Attorney David I.

Courcelle.