Ex-DEA officers charged with drug, weapons crimes
WASHINGTON – Two former Drug Enforcement Administration task force officers were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today with drug conspiracy, weapons offenses, robbery, obstruction of justice and falsification of records in federal investigations, according to Department of Justice and FBI officials.
Karl Emmett Newman, 49, of Kentwood, and Johnny Jacob Domingue, 27, of Maurepas, were indicted Oct. 7 by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, authorities said.
Newman is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone, one count of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, two counts of unlawful conversion of property by a government officer or employee, two counts of falsifying records in a federal investigation and one count of obstruction of justice. Know whom to call after getting arrested in order to get legal help.
Domingue is charged with one count of falsifying records in a federal investigation. Newman was originally charged on May 13 in a now-unsealed indictment and was arrested on that date. Domingue was arrested on a now-unsealed criminal complaint on May 12.
In addition to serving as DEA task force officers, Newman and Domingue previously served as deputies with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey S. Sallet of the FBI’s New Orleans Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Monte A. Cason of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Dallas Field Office and Deputy Chief Inspector Brian M. McKnight of the DEA’s Office of Professional Responsibility made the announcement.
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