Baton Rouge drug kingpin sentenced to nearly 18 years for operating meth, fentanyl ring

The drug trafficking operation distributed dangerous substances including fentanyl across Baton Rouge, creating potential overdose and addiction risks for community members.

In a federal courtroom in early 2025, a chapter in Baton Rouge's long struggle against the drug trade came to a close when Demarlo Brown, 42, was sentenced to nearly eighteen years in prison for running a multi-drug trafficking operation across the city in 2019. His conviction — the second major felony in less than a year, following an armed robbery sentence — speaks to the deep roots that organized criminal enterprise can take hold in a community. The court ordered the forfeiture of all proceeds and seized weapons, a deliberate act of severance between Brown and the infrastructure he had buil

Baton Rouge drug kingpin sentenced to nearly 18 years for operating meth, fentanyl ring

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