NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)), published as received.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ANDRE MILLS (“MILLS”), age 44, of New Orleans, was sentenced on September 24, 2026 by Chief U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 17.5 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, along with a $100 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
According to court documents, over the course of five transactions between November 2024 and January 2025, MILLS, and his co-conspirators, sold fentanyl, methamphetamine, and firearms to individuals they believed to be legitimate buyers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). On January 7, 2025, an individual MILLS believed to be a legitimate buyer, called MILLS and placed an order for firearms and a pound of methamphetamine. One week later, MILLS, and a co-defendant, sold to an individual believed to be a legitimate buyer, over 400 grams of methamphetamine and two HS Produkt XD firearms for $2,650.
MILLS has four prior drug-trafficking convictions, in addition to convictions for resisting arrest, hit and run, aggravated assault, and flight from an officer.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney David Berman of the Violent Crime Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the Department of Justice’s nationwide initiative that brings federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, and other public safety partners together to coordinate efforts to combat violent crime and make communities safe. Coordinated by U.S. Attorneys’ offices in each of the 94 federal districts, PSN is tailored to particular communities to strategically address specific violent crime and public safety challenges. As a key component of Operation Take Back America, PSN serves a central role in the Department’s commitment to make our country safe. PSN emphasizes three core principles: rapid federal response to violent crime and criminal offenders; strong, strategic partnerships among law enforcement at all levels; and accountability and deterrence through the prosecution of the most serious, readily provable offenses and other strategies. These efforts complement and strengthen President Trump’s Homeland Security Task Forces, ensuring a comprehensive federal response to the most pressing public safety issues facing communities.
