From: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
By Emily Lane
Two former New Orleans police officers apologized to their families or accepted responsibility in court Wednesday (Nov. 8) before a federal judge sentenced each of them to just over a year in federal prison for taking bribes while participating in a cigarette trafficking scheme.
Justin Brown, 30, and Joshua Carthon, 32, each previously pleaded guilty to charges of interstate transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises. Federal prosecutors say the scheme, which they say started at least as early as September 2015 and ended with the participants’ indictments in September 2016, had at least six participants, including a third law-enforcement officer — former Orleans parish sheriff’s deputy Garrett Partman — who also previously pleaded guilty.
