Two Men Sentenced in Bossier City Drug and Firearms Case
Melvin Lee Johnson and Jarrod De'Angelo Stith received federal prison terms for drug and firearms offenses.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 21, 2026, 1:52 p.m. ET
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Two Men Sentenced in Bossier City Drug and Firearms Case
On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced that U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks had sentenced two Bossier City men in a drug trafficking and firearms case.
Melvin Lee Johnson, 23, received over nine years in federal prison plus three years supervised release for possession of firearms by a convicted felon and possession of firearms during a drug trafficking offense. Jarrod De'Angelo Stith, 23, received over five years for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of firearms during a drug trafficking offense. Both had previously pleaded guilty.
According to court documents, on May 21, 2025, Bossier City Police responded to a residence after neighbors complained about loud music, drug use, and disorderly conduct. Officers saw Johnson sitting on the hood of a black Nissan SUV near a backpack, which Stith then threw over a fence. The backpack contained about 400 grams of marijuana in twenty-seven small baggies, a scale, packaging materials, and a loaded Micro Draco pistol. Officers also recovered a stolen firearm during a pat-down of Stith.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Bossier City Police Department, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys J. Aaron Crawford and Allison C. Foster. It was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a Department of Justice initiative.
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