WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Damiene M. Varice, age 47, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison following his conviction for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles further sentenced Varice to serve four years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.

According to admissions made as part of his guilty plea,on July 9, 2025, at a retail business located on Greenwell Springs Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Varice sold several baggies of white powdery substances to a confidential informant work...