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 …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Tyrone Constant to 50 years in prison for his conviction of brutally attacking a 20-year-old employee of a West Bank pizza business with a machete-type knife. A Jefferson Parish jury on Feb. 5 found Constant, 40, of Harvey, guilty as charged of attempted second-degree murder for the May 23, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (Feb. 12) found Paul J. Beebe Jr. guilty of raping a woman in a Metairie apartment. Beebe, 65, of St. Rose, was convicted as charged of the first-degree rape of the diminutive 59-year-old woman on May 13, 2023. The victim, a friend of Beebe’s brother, was at the brother’s …
A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated 25 minutes on Wednesday (Feb. 5) in finding Tyrone Constant guilty of trying to kill a 20-year-old employee of a West Bank pizza business by brutally attacking her with a machete-type knife. Constant, 40, of Harvey, was convicted as charged of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the May 23, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Feb. 5), sentenced two Harvey men to spend the rest of their lives in prison for their convictions of luring a teenager to a public playground in Marrero with claims of selling him a gun but instead shooting him to death while trying to rob him. Elijah Augustus, 23, …
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, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Monday (Nov. 18) deliberated less than ½-hour in finding Oswaldo Dacunha guilty of killing a man outside a Kenner convenience store, two hours after he drank beer with the victim beside the business. Dacunha, 61, of Kenner, was convicted as charged of second-degree murder in the Sept. 3, 2022, death …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Nov. 14) sentenced Crystal Coleman to seven years in prison in revoking her probation, finding that the Metairie woman violated a court order to have no contact with a teenager with whom she had a relationship last year. Coleman, 41, pleaded guilty in April to indecent behavior with a …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Nov. 14) sentenced former teacher’s assistant Lance Johnson to 25 years in prison for his conviction of repeatedly sexually propositioning a 14-year-old student at the public school where he was employed. A jury on Oct. 30 deliberated about one-half hour in finding Johnson, 42, guilty as charged of indecent …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Nov. 13) sentenced Jenaj Nijay Johnson to a year of active probation after she admitted she helped her boyfriend avoid arrest when he fatally shot his longtime friend during a dice game in Marrero two years ago. In pleading guilty as charged to accessory after the fact to second-degree …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Nov. 13) sentenced Patricia Tito to life in prison, after she pleaded guilty to murdering a Grand Isle man who went missing in 1984. In closing out one of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office’s cold-case investigations, Tito, 60, pleaded guilty as charged to the second-degree murder of Lester Rome. …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Friday (Nov. 8) deliberated about 35 minutes in finding Cody Labranche guilty of murdering two men in their Metairie home, including his deceased sister’s longtime companion whom he blamed for her death. Labranche, 30 of Ponchatoula, was convicted as charged of the first-degree murders of roommates Jonathan Pizzuto, 39, and …
A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated 30 minutes on Wednesday evening (Oct. 30) in finding Lance Johnson, a former public school teacher’s assistant, guilty of repeatedly sexually propositioning a 14-year-old student. Johnson, 42, of LaPlace, was convicted as charged of indecent behavior with a juvenile and soliciting for prostitution involving someone under age 18. Although the …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (Oct. 29) sentenced Kintez “Kutta” Johnson to life in prison for his conviction of shooting a man to death as he sat in a car outside a Marrero convenience store. Johnson, 23, of Harvey, was convicted by a jury earlier this month of the second-degree murder of Reginel Golman, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Oct. 9) sentenced Jerry Gelpi to life plus 40 years in prison for his conviction of brutally stabbing his neighbor Charles Davis to death in Old Jefferson and then obstructing justice by eliminating evidence tying him to the crime. “Mr. Gelpi, you’re going where you deserve to be,” 24th …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Oct. 9) sentenced William Frye to 65 years in prison for his convictions of robbing a Jefferson bank and then forcibly taking a grandmother’s car with her 18-year-old daughter in the back seat as he made his getaway. Frye, 47, was convicted as charged last month of two counts …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (Oct. 2) found Kintez “Kutta” Johnson guilty of shooting a man as he sat in a car outside a Marrero convenience store two years ago, killing him. Johnson, 23, of Harvey, was convicted as charged of the second-degree murder of Reginel Golman, 30. On the evening of Sept. 23, …
A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated 24 minutes Wednesday night (Oct. 2) in finding Jerry Gelpi guilty of fatally stabbing his neighbor in an Old Jefferson apartment, rejecting his assertion that a mental defect prevented him from knowing right from wrong when he murdered the man. Gelpi, 42, was convicted as charged of the first-degree murder …
A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated less than an hour on Wednesday evening (Sept. 25) in finding William Frye guilty of robbing a Jefferson Highway bank before forcibly taking a car from a nearby family and speeding away with a teenager in the back seat. Frye, 47, of Jefferson’s Shrewsbury neighborhood, was convicted as charged of …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Sept. 19) sentenced Myron Lee to life plus 89 ½ years in prison for his conviction in the death of a fellow citizen soldier who was shot during a botched armed robbery attempt. Lee, 22, of Gonzales, was convicted as charged this month in the death of Jemond Cador, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday evening (Sept. 5) found Myron Lee guilty of his role as the mastermind behind an armed robbery that left his victim – a fellow Louisiana National Guardsman – shot to death. Lee, 22, of Gonzales, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of Jemond Cador, 21, who was …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Aug. 26) sentenced truck driver Philemon Lyons-Feemster to three years of active probation, after the defendant pleaded guilty to causing the death of a bicyclist on River Road in Marrero last year. Lyons-Feemster, 29, a Lake Charles resident, pleaded guilty as charged to negligent homicide in the death of …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Aug. 12) sentenced Gerald McKnight to five years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of a woman while driving under the influence on the West Bank. McKnight, 42, pleaded guilty as charged to vehicular homicide in the Dec. 15, 2022 death of Tricia Cook. The …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (May 29) sentenced Charles Turner to spend the rest of his life in prison for his conviction of raping a young child. It was the second time that Turner, 44, formerly of Metairie, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the crime. He abused the child over …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (May 22) sentenced Lam Thach to life in prison plus 40 years for his conviction of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and then discarding evidence tying him to the crime. Thach, 43, was convicted as charged by a jury earlier this month of the second-degree murder of Ngoc Bich Nguyen, …
GRETNA, La. – Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr. announced today that his office will not seek criminal charges against JPSO narcotics Detectives Paul Carmouche and Mike Wibble. This matter arises out of a narcotics investigation conducted by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office that resulted in the deaths of Chris Joseph and Daviri …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (May 9) found Lam Thach guilty of killing his girlfriend by plunging a knife into her neck in Marrero. Thach, 43, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of Ngoc Bich Nguyen, 41, in Marrero on Aug. 1, 2021, jurors unanimously decided. A native of Vietnam, Nguyen was …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (May 8) found Charles Turner guilty of raping a young child, bringing to two the number of times he’s been convicted of the crime. Turner, 44, formerly of Metairie, is guilty as charged of aggravated rape of a juvenile under age 13. He abused the child over a two-year …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (April 24) sentenced Jerman Neveaux to spend the rest of his life in prison, after Neveaux pleaded guilty to murdering Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Detective David Michel Jr. during an investigative stop in Harvey eight years ago. Neveaux, 27, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday night (March 19) convicted Ronald Newton of a first-degree murder he committed almost three hours after learning his girlfriend and mother were involved in a senseless brawl outside his Marrero home. Newton, 30, shot and killed Earl Ellsworth, 23, as he and two friends hid in the bathroom of …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (March 13) sentenced Cade Fuxan to life in prison for his conviction of killing his roommate James Parker in their Kenner apartment. Fuxan, 26, shot Parker five times in the hallway of their 2-bedroom apartment in the 4500 block of Williams Boulevard on June 2, 2022, including once in …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Friday (March 8) sentenced Arnold Magee to life in prison for his conviction of firing a military-style rifle at his estranged girlfriend outside his Metairie apartment building, killing her. Magee, 37, fired two .223-caliber bullets at Kawana Tibbit on July, 2, 2020, while she was in the driver’s seat of …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (March 7) sentenced Raymond Lee of New Orleans to a mandatory life sentence in prison for his conviction of killing an entrepreneurial barbershop owner in a West Bank motel room. Lee, 38, shot Alonzo “Zo” Wiley five times during an armed robbery on Dec. 5, 2021. At that time, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (Feb. 22) found Arnold Magee guilty of fatally shooting his estranged girlfriend outside his Metairie apartment. Magee, 37, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of Kawana Tibbit, 27, whom he killed in the 4100 block of Hessmer Avenue on the morning of July 2, 2020, following the …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Friday night (Feb. 2) found Raymond “Ray” Lee guilty of killing an entrepreneurial barber shop owner in a West Bank motel room during an armed robbery gone bad. Lee, 38, of New Orleans, was convicted of the second-degree murder of Alonzo “Zo” Wiley. The 35-year-old owner of The Grooming Gallery …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (Feb. 1) convicted Cade Fuxan of killing his roommate, rejecting his assertion that he was defending himself when he shot James Parker five times in the apartment they shared in Kenner. Fuxan, 26, is guilty as charged of second-degree murder, jurors unanimously decided after five hours of deliberation. …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Jan. 29) sentenced Walter Sippio to 25 years, accepting a negotiated plea agreement in which the defendant admitted he shot a man at a Metairie gas station in the days following Hurricane Ida, when electricity outages were widespread and people sought fuel for generators and their vehicles. Sippio, 22, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Jan. 11) sentenced Alonzo Ford to back-to-back life sentences in prison for his convictions of murdering two men in Marrero in 2019. Ford, 48, of Marrero, shot Martin Hatten in the head in the early morning hours of March 30, 2019, as the 50-year-old victim sat in a sports …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday evening (Dec. 14) convicted Brandon Kestle of killing his girlfriend’s mother in their Metairie apartment, rejecting his assertion that he was insane when he shot her twice in the head and therefore could not be held criminally responsible. Kestle, 34, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (Dec. 7) convicted Donovan Lafrance of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend in a jealous rage in her West Bank apartment last year. Lafrance, 30, of Gretna, is guilty as charged of first-degree murder for shooting Clarence Harvey twice in the chest and once in the head, jurors unanimously decided. Harvey, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (Nov. 30) found Alonzo Ford guilty as charged of fatally shooting two men in Marrero over a two-day period in 2019. Ford, 48, of Marrero, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of being a convicted felon in …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (Nov. 15) found Kemon “Tut” Howard guilty as charged of fatally shooting another teen in the face as he sat in a car on a Terrytown street. Howard, 20, of Harvey, committed the second-degree murder of Ronnie Brown, 19, of New Orleans, jurors announced after an hour of …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (Nov. 2) found Charles Ross guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend in her Metairie apartment while her special needs daughter watched. Ross, 45, robbed a man of his pickup truck in Baton Rouge and drove to the 100 block of Houma Boulevard, where at about 3 a.m., on June 3, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Oct. 30) sentenced Dennis Sheppard to life in prison for killing his girlfriend by tightening a zip tie around her neck and suffocating her. Sheppard, 60, of Harvey, killed Jyra Holmes on Nov. 2, 2020, during a domestic dispute outside her apartment in the 1500 block of Chelsea Road …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Mishanda Reed to 11 years for prison for her involvement in the kidnapping of her extramarital lover in Kenner, a week after her husband Malcom Reed was sentenced to 13 years for the same crime. Malcom Reed, 42, and Mishanda Reed, 45, both of Durham, N.C., were convicted of …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday evening (Oct. 19) found Elias Abrego Zambrano guilty of sexually abusing two children. Zambrano, 54, was convicted as charged of first-degree rape of a juvenile under age 13, two counts of sexual battery of a juvenile under age 13 and two counts of indecent behavior with juveniles under age …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday evening (Oct. 11) found Albert Lewis guilty of violently forcing his way into a Marrero home, leading a resident to shoot him in the head to defend herself and her family. Albert Lewis, 43, of Marrero, is guilty as charged of home invasion in connection with the New Year’s …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Oct. 11) ordered Dartanya Spottsville to serve back-to-back life sentences in prison, plus another 50 years, for his role in a shooting inside a Harvey apartment that left two men dead and a third injured on Father’s Day 2015. Spottsville, 35, of Marrero, was convicted as charged by a …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday night (Oct 3) convicted Shyheem Love of shooting a 61-year-old man in the back when he was criminally barred from possessing guns, and then from the parish jail tried to concoct a scheme to pay the victim $5,000 to recant. Love, 28, of LaPlace, is guilty as charged of …
A Jefferson Parish jury has convicted Dennis Sheppard of murdering his girlfriend by using a plastic zip tie around her neck to strangle her. Sheppard, 60, of Harvey, is guilty as charged of the second-degree murder of Jyra Holmes, the jury unanimously decided during 36 minutes of deliberation on Thursday (Sept. 28). He killed Holmes, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Friday (Sept. 15) sentenced Daniel Tenner to life plus 139 years in prison for his conviction of killing a Mississippi woman while robbing her during a cell phone sale they arranged through social media. Tenner, 21, of Jackson, Miss., shot Morgan Tyrone in the back of her head after she …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (Sept. 7) found Dartanya O. Spottsville guilty of his role in the murders of a pair of cousins who were shot during an apparent ambush inside a West Bank apartment on Father’s Day 2015. Spottsville, 35, of Marrero, was convicted as charged of two counts of second-degree murder …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Aug. 21) sentenced Shawn Carter to 75 years in prison as a 3-time felon, based on his most recent conviction of robbing a Gretna convenience store while armed with a claw hammer. Carter, 50, of Avondale, has a criminal history that includes beating a man to death using a …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday night (Aug. 15) convicted Daniel Tenner of killing a Mississippi woman while robbing her during a cell phone sale arranged through social media. Tenner, 21, of Jackson, Miss., is guilty as charged of the first-degree murder of Morgan Tyrone, 24, of Pascagoula, Miss., jurors unanimously decided after three hours …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Aug. 3) sentenced Sean Bennett to 17 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of illegal narcotics when he caused a collision that killed a woman, injured her husband and injured another motorist in Metairie last year. Bennett, 27, of Poplarville, Miss., pleaded guilty …
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office mourns the death of John Mamoulides. His service to the citizens of Jefferson Parish, as an assistant district attorney, executive district attorney and as the elected district attorney, spanned three decades. Before his retirement in 1996, Mr. Mamoulides left his mark not only on Jefferson Parish but on the …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (July 26) found Shawn Carter guilty of robbing a Gretna convenience store while using a hammer. Carter, 50, of Avondale, is guilty as charged of the armed robbery of the business. At the time he committed this crime, Carter was on parole for killing a man by beating him …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday evening (July 26) convicted Lamonte Loggins of standing over a helpless convenience store clerk during an armed robbery in Kenner and firing a 9mm bullet into his chest, killing him. Loggins, 30, of Kenner, is guilty as charged of the first-degree murder of Abd El Ghader Sylla, 30. Sylla, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (July 18) sentenced Ivory Franklin to life in prison plus 40 years for his convictions of murder and attempted murder. It brings to two the number of times that Franklin, 25, has been convicted and sentenced for killing Reginald Black, 17, in Harvey seven years ago, and trying to …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Scott Butler to 20 years in prison for his role as the leader of a Jefferson Parish narcotics distribution ring. Butler’s guilty plea on July 13 brings to a close a racketeering case that involved 11 codefendants who engaged in importing pain pills and muscle relaxers from overseas for …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Friday (July 7) sentenced Stephen Sauer to 25 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to being a serial sexual predator who drugged 17 men he met in the French Quarter and drove the unconscious victims to his Metairie home. There, he used mobile devices to obtain images of the …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (July 5) sentenced Shawn Chiasson to spend the rest of his life in prison after the defendant abruptly ended his murder trial and pleaded guilty as charged to killing his estranged girlfriend. Chiasson, 28, of Marrero, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Lindsey Williams, 29, by shooting her …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (June 22) found Jose Robles Marques guilty of shooting his sister’s boyfriend to death in his Gretna home last year. Marques, 43, was convicted as charged of the second-degree murder of Jose Salomon Fernandez Barrientos, 42, in a bedroom of his home in 1700 block of Newton Street on …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Darryl Vinson to 115 years in prison for his conviction of brutalizing and beating a woman he held captive in her Gretna home for three days in 2021. Vinson, 60, of Marrero, was convicted as charged by a Jefferson Parish jury on May 3 of attempted second-degree murder, second-degree …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (May 17) sentenced Alvin Adams to 30 years in prison for his conviction of possessing more than 800 pornographic images and videos of children. A jury last week deliberated for about 25 minutes in finding Adams, 46, guilty as charged of possessing pornography involving juveniles under age 13. Special …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (May 16) sentenced Kenny Rojas to spend the rest of his life in prison for his conviction of shooting his estranged girlfriend in the chest and fleeing, leaving her to die with their three young children. Rojas, 38, was convicted as charged Thursday of second-degree murder for killing Lizeth …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday (May 11) found Kenny Rojas guilty of fatally shooting his estranged girlfriend during an argument before he fled, leaving their three young children in their Harvey home with their dying mother. Rojas, 38, was convicted as charged of the second-degree murder of Lizeth Maldonado, 32, who died Feb. 27, …
A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated about 25 minutes on Tuesday evening (May 9) in finding Alvin Adams guilty of possessing more than 800 images of child pornography. Adams, 46, of Metairie, was convicted as charged of one count of pornography involving juveniles under age 13. The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation opened its investigation in August …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (May 3) found Darryl Vinson guilty of brutalizing and beating a woman as he held her captive in her Gretna home for three days in 2021. Vinson, 60, of Marrero, was convicted as charged of attempted second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree sexual battery and false imprisonment with a dangerous …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (March 29) found Ivory Franklin guilty of shooting a teenager in the back of his head as they walked along a Harvey drainage canal bank. Franklin also was convicted of attempting to kill a second teenager in the same shooting. Franklin, 25, of Harvey, is guilty as charged …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Willie Ray Moses to 30 years in prison, after the former Kenner middle school teacher pleaded guilty to charges including molesting a juvenile. Moses, 42, of Metairie, pleaded guilty as charged on Monday (March 28) to sexual battery, oral sexual battery, computer solicitation of a juvenile and three counts …
Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans on Tuesday (March 14) recognized a Jefferson Parish cold-case investigative and prosecution team with its Law Enforcement Unit of the Year “Protector Award,” for solving and bringing closure to a 45-year-old case involving the rape and murder of a 5-year-old Waggaman girl. Nancy Michel, chief of the District Attorney’s …
A Jefferson Parish jury Wednesday night (March 8) found Tonny J. Bauer guilty of carjacking for forcibly removing a 58-year-old woman from her vehicle moments after she purchased pizzas. It was about 8 p.m., on May 8, 2020, when Bauer, 37, entered the victim’s 2021 Nissan Rogue through the passenger-side door outside a pizza business …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Feb. 9) sentenced Viusqui Perez-Espinosa to life in prison for murdering his rival in a Kenner love triangle before cutting up the body and dumping the parts in a St. John the Baptist Parish swamp. Perez, 50, was convicted as charged last week of the second-degree murder of Ives …
A Jefferson Parish judge sentenced John Blair McMillan IV to 40 years in prison on Thursday (Feb. 2), finding that he is a two-time felon under Louisiana’s habitual offender law. McMillan, 58, of Marrero, was convicted as charged by a jury last month of manslaughter in the November 2020 death of his brother, Kenneth McMillan, …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday night (Jan. 31) found Viusqui Perez-Espinosa guilty of killing his rival for the affections of a woman in Kenner. After killing Ives Alexis Portales-Lara, Perez disarticulated the body and dumped the parts in a St. John the Baptist swamp in 2016. Perez, 50, a native of Cuba and a …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (Jan. 25) found a pair of maternal half-brothers guilty as charged of killing a distant relative amid a feud. Willie Battle, 31, and Eddie Salvant, 37, both of whom lived with their mother in unincorporated Gretna, were convicted of second-degree murder in the Nov. 22, 2017 death of …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (Jan. 18) found Landon Rogers guilty of robbing a Metairie man at gunpoint to collect on a drug debt. Rogers, 29, of Ferriday, was convicted of armed robbery. The jury, which deliberated for 3 ½ hours, acquitted Rogers of second-degree kidnapping and aggravated burglary charges in connection with the …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (Dec. 6) sentenced Virgil Masey Wheeler III to five years of active probation, after the defendant pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Wheeler, 64, of Metairie, had been charged with two counts of sexual battery of a juvenile and two counts of indecent behavior. …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (Dec. 1) convicted John “Blair” McMillan IV of attacking and striking his brother in their Marrero home, causing a brain injury that led to his death. McMillan, 57, is guilty as charged of manslaughter for causing the death of Kenneth McMillan, 63. The brothers, who lived together in …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Dec. 1) sentenced Jagon Eldridge to 25 years in prison for his conviction of possessing child pornography. Eldridge, 49, formerly of Westwego, was convicted as charged by a Jefferson Parish jury on Nov. 9 of eight counts of possessing pornographic images involving children under age 13. In February 2017, …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday evening (Nov. 30) found Corey Ivey guilty of killing the Metairie man who was engaged to his ex-wife. Ivey, 46, of New Orleans, was convicted as charged of the second-degree murder of Keith Ellis, 51, who was shot multiple times as he stood in the doorway of his apartment …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Nov. 14) sentenced Press Shorter III to 70 years in prison in finding he is a two-time felon under Louisiana’s habitual offender law. Shorter’s most recent was conviction was for manslaughter. Shorter, 30, of Harvey, caused the death of Brian Alexander while they were Jefferson Parish Correctional Center inmates. …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday night (Nov. 9) convicted Jagon Eldridge of possession of child pornography. Eldridge, 49, formerly of Westwego, is guilty as charged of eight counts of possessing pornographic images involving children under age 13. Eldridge was arrested in May 2018, by Special agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crime …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (Nov. 9) sentenced Alexsy Mejia to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years for his conviction of kidnapping an elderly couple from their Metairie home. Mejia, 18, of Kenner, also was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his conviction of aggravated burglary, a crime that preceded …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 26) found Alexsy Mejia guilty of entering an elderly Metairie couple’s home to rob them and then forcing them to drive to a Kenner bank to withdraw money. Mejia, of Kenner, who was 16 years old when he committed the crimes, was convicted as charged of two …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Friday (Oct. 21) sentenced Jonathon Brown to 70 years in prison, finding that he is career criminal under Louisiana’s habitual offender law. Brown, 31, of New Orleans, was most recently convicted of shooting a Marrero bar and grill owner four times in the back, leaving him paralyzed, following a fight …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Oct. 6) sentenced Jalen Harvey to a mandatory life sentence in prison for killing Joseph Vindel, a New Orleans man who was fatally shot while trying to sell his dirt bike through an online marketplace app. Harvey 22, of Harvey, was convicted as charged of first-degree murder for killing …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (Sept. 20) sentenced Wendell Lachney to 30 years in prison, after the defendant admitted that he was highly intoxicated when he crashed his car into a minivan at high speed on a West Bank highway, causing the death of a 9-year-old girl and injuring her mother. Lachney, 58, of …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Sept. 19) sentenced Maurice Ervin to 55 years in prison for his conviction of carjacking a couple in East Jefferson. Ervin, 16, who was prosecuted as an adult, was convicted as charged last week of two counts of armed robbery with a firearm in connection with the Feb. 12 …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Thursday night (Sept. 1) deliberated 45 minutes in finding Jalen Harvey guilty of killing Joseph Vindel, a New Orleans man who was trying to sell his dirt bike through an online marketplace app last year when he was shot. Harvey, 22, of Harvey, is guilty as charged of the first-degree …
A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Steven Tate to life in prison for his conviction in the shooting death of Ethan Allen, a Marrero man who was killed during a robbery attempt in Gretna. Tate, 25, of Metairie, was convicted by a unanimous jury on Aug. 10 of second-degree murder. The jury acquitted Tate of …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Friday (Aug. 19) convicted Corey Woods of killing three people, including the 16-year-old younger sister of his intended victim, while they sat inside a car in East Jefferson’s Bunche Village neighborhood. Woods, 37, of Metairie, who is known as “Cocomo,” is guilty as charged of three counts of second-degree murder …
A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday (July 13) found Sherneskie Bell guilty as charged of possession of pornography involving juveniles under age 13. Bell, 62, of Kenner, downloaded about 2,700 images, videos and GIFs to his mobile phone over a period of months in 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office …
A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (June 30) sentenced Rondell Lasalle to 35 years in prison for his conviction of shooting a man in the back during a fight in a Harvey apartment. Lasalle, 30, of Marrero, was convicted by a jury on April 6 of manslaughter in the death of James Cole, 27. Lasalle …
