NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Office issued the following press release:
A federal jury has convicted Elbert Nichols of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and assault on a federal law enforcement officer. The trial, which spanned four days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all counts for Nichols, 52, of Cordova, Tennessee. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the verdict.
Nichols was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 4, 2026, and went to trial facing six charges, including one count of distribution of fentanyl, one count of pos...