芬太尼致人死亡最高面临终身监禁：New Orleans三人被起诉，涉共谋分销致死、向孕妇分销与事后从犯
New Orleans——美国司法部路易斯安那东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，Ivory Carter（44岁）、Donnisha Brown（42岁）与 Christopher Lehmann（30岁）在一份近日解封的四项起诉书中被控违反联邦受管制物质法，核心指控是共谋分销芬太尼并致人死亡。起诉书于 2026 年 10 月 1 日作出，检察官 David I. Courcelle 公布了指控。
起诉书第一项指控三人共谋分销芬太尼致人重伤与死亡；第二项指控 Lehmann 向一名孕妇分销受管制物质；第三项指控 Carter 持有意图分销的受管制物质；第四项指控 Lehmann 构成事后从犯。
法院记录显示，至少自 2025 年 12 月 27 日起至 12 月 28 日前后，三人在路易斯安那东区共谋分销一定数量的芬太尼，一名使用者因使用该物质遭受严重身体伤害并死亡。
量刑幅度方面，若第一项罪名成立，Carter 面临最高终身监禁与最高 100 万美元罚金，其第三项罪名另面临最高 20 年监禁、最高 100 万美元罚金与至少 3 年监管释放；Brown 与 Lehmann 的第一项罪名带有最低 20 年监禁，罚金最高 100 万美元，监管释放至少 3 年；Lehmann 的事后从犯罪另面临最高 15 年监禁。三人还须按每项罪名支付 100 美元强制性特别评估费。
检察官 Courcelle 重申，起诉书只是一份指控文件，被告是否有罪必须以排除合理怀疑的标准证明。此案由缉毒局（DEA）与 St. Charles Parish 警长办公室调查，助理联邦检察官 Briana Williams（缉毒组）负责起诉。
Life in Prison Possible in Fentanyl Death Case: Three Indicted in New Orleans, Including Distribution to a Pregnant Woman and Accessory Charges
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Ivory Carter, 44, Donnisha Brown, 42, and Christopher Lehmann, 30, were charged in a recently unsealed four-count indictment, returned on October 1, 2026, with violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act resulting in death. U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the charges.
Count One charges all three with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death. Count Two charges Lehmann with distribution of a controlled substance to a pregnant individual. Count Three charges Carter with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Count Four charges Lehmann with being an accessory after the fact.
According to court records, beginning at least by December 27, 2025, and continuing to on or about December 28, 2025, in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the three conspired to distribute a quantity of fentanyl to an individual whose serious bodily injury and death resulted from the use of the substance.
If convicted on Count One, Carter faces up to life imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000,000; on Count Three he faces up to twenty years, a fine of up to $1,000,000, and at least three years of supervised release. Brown and Lehmann face no less than twenty years on Count One, a fine of up to $1,000,000, and at least three years of supervised release; Lehmann faces up to fifteen additional years on Count Four. Each defendant also faces a $100 mandatory special assessment per count.
U.S. Attorney Courcelle reiterated that the indictment is merely a charging document and guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Briana Williams of the Narcotics Unit.
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