Courtesy of 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office
On March 31, 2026, DeMontre Robinson of Haynesville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges as head of a drug trafficking organization that operated in Claiborne Parish for the past seven years.
His plea follows guilty pleas from other co-conspirators, including Ashley Morgan, Cheryl Bragg, John Michael Jackson, Corey Scott, Jelisha Warren, Desmond Mattox, Nicholas Willis, Falante Hill, Yul McGee, Orillian Guidry of Los Angeles, California, Fernando Grider, Alonzo Jackson, Jamie Rockett, Dedarion Robinson, and Donnell Mitchell. Demontre Robinson pleaded guilty as charged, and the judge accepted the 23-year, hard labor sentence recommended by the State, none of which was suspended.
In late 2024, the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office, along with the Louisiana State Police’s Drug Enforcement Task Force, became aware of large quantities of methamphetamines, marijuana, and cocaine being shipped from California and Texas to Claiborne Parish for local distribution. The State Police Task Force joined with CPSO in executing warrants for real-time wiretaps of Robinson’s two cell phone numbers.
Law enforcement officers worked tirelessly to intercept and catalog more than 15,000 cell phone calls during the 60 days the wiretap warrant remained in effect. Through these calls, as well as many controlled buys of narcotics, law enforcement was able to identify exactly how the drug trafficking organization conducted its operations, who ran the organization, where it received its drugs from, and how it distributed the narcotics it sold locally.
On January 31, 2025, after months of intensive investigation, over 350 officers from all over the state of Louisiana descended upon Claiborne Parish to aid the Louisiana State Police and the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office with simultaneously striking multiple homes where the drug trafficking organization operated.
On that day, the members of Robinson’s criminal organization were arrested and charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to possession with intent to distribute narcotics, and attempted murder. District Attorney Danny Newell tasked Colvin and Brown to lead the prosecution, rather than the Attorney General’s office. Colvin and Brown presented the cases to a grand jury who returned indictments against all, and the prosecution commenced.
According to Cary Brown, “This was the largest drug trafficking organization in operation anywhere around Claiborne Parish. We are very pleased with the plea arrangement and jail time that Robinson received.”
Jim Colvin added that, “30 years ago, my wife and I chose to make Claiborne Parish our home. Robinson’s organization was responsible for putting a significant amount of drugs onto the streets of our town and neighboring communities, harming Claiborne Parish families. This threat is now over.”
Pounds of methamphetamines, marijuana, cocaine, and promethazine were seized during the investigation. Additionally, approximately $5,000 in cash, seven guns, and twelve vehicles were seized. To date, 14 members of the Robinson drug trafficking organization have pleaded guilty as charged and have agreed to a combined 155 years at hard labor jail sentences, all of which are to be served without suspension.
Newell, Brown, and Colvin credit the tireless effort of the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Louisiana State Police, the United States Postal Service, and Homeland Security Investigations. All of them devoted so much of their time and effort investigating this case and providing to the District Attorneys’ office the evidence needed to successfully prosecute this complicated and far-reaching case, as well as the contributions of Cliff Stryder, whose assistance in this prosecution was invaluable.
Finally, a special thanks on behalf of the citizens of Claiborne Parish to the over 350 law enforcement officers that successfully served and executed the arrest warrants without injury to anyone.
