新奥尔良男子认罪：家中查获逾1公斤芬太尼与上膛手枪，量刑定于明年2月
位于美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良市的男子 Joshua Benson 已在联邦法院认罪。美国司法部路易斯安那东区联邦检察官办公室11月9日公布了这一消息，联邦检察官 David I. Courcelle 宣布了认罪结果。
Benson 现年36岁，别名「Big Mal」。他于11月3日在联邦地区法官 Wendy B. Vitter 面前，就六项起诉中的五项认罪：第1项为持有400克以上芬太尼意图分销，第3项为重罪犯非法持枪，第4、5、6项为分销芬太尼。
法院文件显示，2025年8月至10月间，Benson 三次向一名与缉毒局（DEA）合作的线人出售近100克芬太尼，交易地点在其新奥尔良住所附近。2025年10月30日，执法人员持联邦搜查令搜查其公寓与另一处住所，在公寓内查获逾1公斤芬太尼，其中大部分藏在床头板后方，另有电子秤、真空封口机与5,080美元现金；在其床内储物抽屉里，执法人员查获一把装有加长弹匣、已上膛的 Heckler & Koch 9毫米手枪；在另一处住所的保险柜里查获4.8万美元现金。Benson 此前因持枪抢劫未遂被定罪，依法不得持有枪支。
按各项罪名的法定刑，Benson 就持有芬太尼意图分销一项面临最低10年、最高终身监禁，最高1,000万美元罚款；量刑定于2027年2月2日由法官 Wendy B. Vitter 作出。此案由缉毒局（DEA）、烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）、海关与边境保护局（CBP）与新奥尔良警察局联合调查。
（来源：美国司法部）
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Fentanyl and Firearm Charges
Joshua Benson, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty in federal court. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced the plea on November 9, with U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle making the announcement.
Benson, also known as “Big Mal,” pleaded guilty on November 3, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to five counts of a six-count indictment: possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and three counts of distributing fentanyl.
According to court documents, between August and October 2025 Benson sold nearly 100 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant working with the Drug Enforcement Administration in three controlled purchases near his New Orleans residence. On October 30, 2025, agents executing federal search warrants at his apartment and a second residence found more than one kilogram of fentanyl in the apartment, much of it hidden behind the headboard of his bed, along with a digital scale, a vacuum sealer and $5,080 in cash. In a storage drawer built into his bed, agents found a loaded Heckler & Koch nine-millimeter pistol fitted with an extended magazine. At the second residence, agents seized a safe holding $48,000 in cash. Benson is prohibited from possessing firearms because of a prior felony conviction for attempted armed robbery with a firearm.
On the fentanyl possession count alone, Benson faces a mandatory minimum of ten years up to life imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000,000. Sentencing is set for February 2, 2027, before Judge Wendy B. Vitter. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the New Orleans Police Department.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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