Erath man sentenced in drug trafficking network at Angola State Prison
BATON ROUGE - An investigation into a drug trafficking network in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola led to the sentencing of 13 people including guards and inmates, one of them from Erath.
Michael Augustine, 44, from Erath, received a 51-month federal prison sentence. He was convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine. The court also sentenced Augustine to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.