A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (Feb. 10) sentenced a pair of West Bank half-bothers to hundreds of years in prison for their convictions for committing a string of armed robberies, and a shooting that left a Terrytown man dead. Destin Smith, 26, of Algiers, and Damon Bryant, 28, of Avondale, were convicted by a …

A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Feb. 5) sentenced Lucien Bazley to 60 years in prison in finding that the Marrero man is a habitual offender.  In his most recent felony conviction, Bazley, 50, was convicted by a jury in October of manslaughter in the Sept. 25, 2022, shooting of Wayne Martin.  Martin was celebrating his 30th birthday at an Ames Boulevard lounge on the night he died. He …

A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Feb. 4) sentenced Mark Albarado Jr. to life in prison for his conviction of raping a juvenile. Albarado, 50, of Marrero, was convicted by a jury on Jan. 14 of first-degree rape of a juvenile under age 13 and sexual battery of a juvenile under age 13. “Mark, you …

A Jefferson Parish jury on Monday (Oct. 20) found Lucien Bazley guilty of manslaughter, rejecting his assertion that he was defending himself when he shot a man in the face in a Marrero parking lot. Bazley, 50, was on parole when he killed Wayne Martin on the night of Sept. 25, 2022. Martin, who was …

A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (Sept. 24) found Dawn Barriere guilty as charged of possessing pornographic videos depicting children under age 13. Barriere, 24, formerly of Metairie, was a preschool teacher’s assistant at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Cottage program in Uptown New Orleans when she was arrested in October 2023. The Louisiana Bureau …