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Louisiana Man Sentenced to 288 Months in Federal Methamphetamine Case

Bob Gilbert Jr. was sentenced following a traffic stop in Bawcomville in which authorities say they recovered 46 grams of methamphetamine, according to knoe.com.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 10, 2026, 8:23 p.m. ET
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Bob Gilbert Jr. has been on a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, knoe.com reported in an announcement dated August 10, 2026. The outlet reported the sentence as ; that is the wording of the report as it stands. According to knoe.com, authorities say that after a traffic stop in Bawcomville they found 46 grams of pure methamphetamine in the driver's door of Gilbert's Nissan Maxima, along with a digital scale, approximately $3,200 in cash in the vehicle and $1,171 in cash on Gilbert. The outlet reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office investigated the case. This account is based on a single report and remains incomplete. No further detail about the proceeding, including the date of the traffic stop or of the sentencing hearing, is available in the reporting reviewed here.

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  1. Version 715 Aug 2026, 13:55current

    Added a ninth case from wsau.com (Sher Khang of Wausau, five years in prison and five years supervised release, Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force) and updated counts, charge list and agency list accordingly.

  2. Version 614 Aug 2026, 21:49

    Added an eighth case from wistv.com — Carlos Antwon Lewis, 57 months plus three years' supervision — with its conduct account and the added charges.

  3. Version 513 Aug 2026, 06:10

    Added the local12.com case (Kevin Thomas Lawrence, Jeannie Riley, Eastern District of Kentucky, 130 months, Maysville traffic stop), raising the count to seven cases and updating the announcement-date attribution.

  4. Version 413 Aug 2026, 01:25

    Added a sixth case from wsbradio.com (Gabriel Ojeda Murguia, Northern District of Georgia, nine years), plus its alleged conduct, new charges and the Gwinnett County Police Department and Georgia State Patrol; adjusted the August 12 announcement attribution to kedm.org and wach.com.

  5. Version 313 Aug 2026, 00:35

    Added a fifth case reported by weau.com (Nicholas Hage, Tomah, Wisconsin) with its sentence, charge and alleged conduct, and updated counts, dates and lists accordingly.

  6. Version 213 Aug 2026, 00:14

    Added two further sentencings reported by kedm.org and wach.com, their sentence figures, charges, alleged conduct and investigating agencies, and updated the announcement-date range to lead with the August 12, 2026 reporting.

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