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  • Former Grand Isle councilman Elgene Gary Sr. gets 45-year sentence for molesting girls

    A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (June 16) sentenced former Grand Isle town councilman Elgene Gary Sr. to 45 years in prison for his conviction of molesting two juvenile girls on the barrier island. He abused one of the victims decades ago, when she was a child. Gary, 81, who also was a Grand Isle …
  • Sean Barrette convicted in East Jefferson shooting spree that left 3 dead

    A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated for 1 ½ hours on Friday night (June 13) in finding Sean Barrette guilty of shooting at the occupants of four vehicles traveling on East Jefferson roadways during a 2-week period in June 2019, killing three men. Barrette, 28, of Metairie, is guilty as charged of two counts of first-degree …
  • Week roundup: In unrelated child sex abuse cases, Kenner man gets 30-year sentence, Metairie man convicted

    One man was sentenced to prison and another was convicted on Thursday (June 12) for sexually abusing children in unrelated cases filed in Jefferson Parish’s 24th Judicial District Court.   Oscar Reyes Oscar Reyes, 63, of Kenner, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his conviction of sexually abusing a 9-year-old child. Reyes was …
  • Thomas Welty sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing, trafficking teen girls

    A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (June 12) sentenced Thomas Welty to 30 years in prison for his conviction of sexually abusing two teenaged girls, both of whom were given illegal narcotics so he could control them. Welty, 46, a former Metairie resident, was convicted by a jury on May 27 of second-degree rape and …
  • Larry Davis sentenced to 120 years in prison for armed robbery spree

    A Jefferson Parish judge on Friday (May 30) sentenced Larry Davis to 120 years in prison for his conviction of robbing four people at three businesses in one day, including a drug store in Metairie and two discount retail stores on the West Bank.  A jury on May 14 deliberated for 25 minutes in convicting …