Heroin dealer to teenager indicted
N.O. man indicted in drug ring case
Saturday, March 08, 2008
From staff reports
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a New Orleans man allegedly involved in a drug ring that sold heroin to a 16-year-old girl who died this year from an overdose.
Clinton “South” Rodriguez, 30, was charged with one count of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute the drug, a week after he was arrested by federal agents. Cooperating witnesses said Rodriguez is a heroin supplier in the Carrollton area, according to a news release by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office.
The local Federal Bureau of Investigation recently made several arrests related to the overdose death of Madeleine Prevost, a junior at Lusher High School who died in January after using heroin and cocaine.
Last month, Diego A. Perez, 18, and David C. Battenberg, 27, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and other drugs.
