NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – YUAN BUGGAGE (“BUGGAGE”), age 25, was sentenced on August 13, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 117 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, along with a $400 special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to four counts of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute Tapentadol and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), 841(b)(1)(D), and 846; possession with intent to distribute tapentadol and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D); possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice