A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Dec. 18) sentenced Gerald “Bird” Barker to back-to-back life sentences in prison for executing two people in a Westwego residence from where he sometimes sold crack cocaine. Barker, 37, will serve the life sentences for the second-degree murders of Linda Turner, 68, and Curtis Thomas, 51, who were shot …

A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (Dec. 5) found Anthony Morgan guilty of brazenly ambushing a man who was sitting in his car at an Airline Drive intersection in Metairie when he was fatally shot. Morgan, 44, of Metairie, was convicted of the second-degree murder of Aaron Lee, 44, also of Metairie. Lee was shot …

A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Dec. 4) sentenced Oswaldo Dacunha to life in prison for his conviction of murdering a man outside a Kenner convenience store. Dacunha, 61, of Kenner, was convicted by a jury last month of the second-degree murder of Alejandro Quiroz, 43, in the early morning hours of Sept. 3, 2022. …

A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Dec. 4) sentenced Cody Labranche to back-to-back life sentences, plus 40 years in prison for his conviction of murdering two men in their Metairie home. Labranche, 30, of Ponchatoula, received the mandatory sentence for the first-degree murders of Jonathan Pizzuto, 39, and his roommate William Mitchell, 36. Labranche shot …

A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Donte Allen to 25 years in prison, for his convictions of repeatedly entering a Metairie home where a woman suffering from dementia resided, sexually abusing her, cooking at least one meal and taking items. Allen, 24, of Kenner, was convicted on Oct. 16 of sexual battery of the infirm, …