POST FROM LIBERTY COURIER- Liberty County DA Mike Little's brother sentanced to 13 Years in Federal Pen

Albert D. "Bodie" Little

This is a reprint of a story concerning Liberty County Mike Little's brother, a public official in Winn Parish Louisiana, sentenced to federal prison for selling and trafficking meth.

SHREVEPORT -- Albert D. "Bodie" Little, a former Winn Parish tax assessor and sheriff, was sentenced Friday to 13 years, four months in federal prison after his conviction earlier this year on methamphetamine and other charges.

U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. "Beth" Foote also ordered that Little be supervised for three years once he's released from prison, U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said in a release.

Little, 62, was convicted in February of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of meth, one count of possession with intent to distribute meth, and two counts of use of a police communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking.

Little and 10 other defendants were indicted on the drug charges in July 2011. All of Little's co-defendants pleaded guilty before they went to trial. All have been sent to prison for sentences ranging from five years to 12 years.

Little still faces state charges. He was indicted by a Winn Parish grand jury in August 2011 of malfeasance in office, abuse of office and perjury.

Little was the parish tax assessor before he won the sheriff's seat in 2008.

"Former Sheriff Little knowingly chose to break the law and now he is paying the price for his betrayal of the trust the citizens of Winn Parish placed in him," Finley said.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Joe Jarzabek.