Baton Rouge man sentenced to 160 months in federal prison on drug charges

Michael Scheidt

Fri, July 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM UTC

2 min read

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge man is going to be spending over 13 years in jail after their sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles.

Timothy Franklin, 40, of Baton Rouge received a sentence of 160 months in federal prison. He must “serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment,” according to the United States Department of Justice.

The Baton Rouge man was sentenced after he was convicted on four counts of distribution of heroin. DOJ called Franklin a “career offender” and the Baton Rouge resident was the subject of an investigation in 2019.

“According to admissions made as part of his guilty plea, on February 25, 2019, during
controlled calls with a confidential source (“CS”), the CS requested to meet for a drug transaction
that the two had previously discussed,” DOJ said.

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The CS met with Franklin and recorded the interaction. He gave a plastic bag containing 112.2 grams of heroin to the CS in exchange for $10,000.

Franklin’s identity was confirmed after the CS said he was the only person in the vehicle.

Another controlled purchase was made almost two months later between the CS and Franklin. In that instance, 53.96 grams of heroin was given to the CS in exchange for $4,800.

A third controlled purchase was made on May 30, 2019. On that day, the CS received 56 grams of heroin in exchange for $5,000.

“After the three initial controlled buys, agents obtained court authorization to intercept calls
and text messages occurring to and from Franklin’s cell phone,” DOJ said.

Two months after the third controlled purchase, another meeting was set up while the telephone was wiretapped.

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