A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (April 17) found Monica Every and Louis Gordon guilty of conspiring to kill her ex-boyfriend’s new lover, a scheme they carried out after Every’s harassment campaign failed to end the relationship. Their conspiracy culminated on the morning of Jan. 27, 2022, when Gordon fatally shot Every’s romantic rival, …

A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday night (April 8) found former Metairie resident Guillermo Cadir Lopez-Pineda guilty of possessing child pornography. Lopez-Pineda, who is in his thirties, was convicted as charged of four counts of distribution of pornography involving juveniles under age 13 and one count of possession with the intent to distribute pornography involving …

Two criminal cases that went to trial this week have been resolved, including one that ended with a guilty plea after the defendant heard his victim testify and the other by the verdict of a Jefferson Parish jury. AGGRAVATED SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY Just after his victim testified against him on Monday (April 1), Carlton Waller, 31, …

A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (April 2) found Winston Bartholomew guilty of beating a man to death inside his Metairie apartment, fueled with anger over allegations that the victim had spread salacious rumors about his girlfriend. Bartholomew, 62, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of Gary Olver, 62, and of obstruction …

A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Feb. 26) sentenced Anthony Morgan to spend the rest of his life in prison for opening fire on a rival on Airline Drive in Metairie, fatally wounding him as he sat in the driver’s seat of his car. Armed with an assault-style rifle, Morgan, 42, of Metairie, fired numerous …