An Ascension Parish heroin trafficker pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal drug and gun charges stemming from a large-scale heroin trafficking network based in Ascension and Houston, Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson announced.

Jason Muse, 37, formerly of Prairieville, was accused earlier this year by a Baton Rouge federal grand jury of obtaining heroin from sources in Texas and distributing the drug in Ascension and elsewhere, including Baton Rouge.

Eighteen people, including 14 from Louisiana, are under federal indictment in Baton Rouge fo

Muse used his residences in Prairieville and elsewhere to store, weigh, package and distribute heroin. He also used his business, M.J. Chicken and Waffles, in Prairieville to facilitate his heroin distribution activities, the grand jury alleged.

Muse, one of 18 people named in the indictment, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a number of federal charges, including drug conspiracy, heroin distribution, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, Amundson said.

He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles did not set a sentencing date.

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