Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain is reportedly under investigation for allegedly molesting several juveniles. Strain is also the target of a federal probe into public corruption involving his former work release program that he once supervised. Legal analyst Tim Meche says he’d be interested to know who leaked these latest revelations…
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The ex-Abita Springs police chief served as sheriff of St. Tammany from 1996 to 2015.
Congressman Ralph Abraham says a new poll he funded shows he’s the Republican to beat Democrat John Bel Edwards in next year’s governor’s race. President of the Remington Research Group Titus Bond says they surveyed nearly 17-hundred likely voters this week and both Abraham and Edwards received 44-percent…
Edwards’ campaign says the poll is a desperate plea for credibility.
The Chackbay man who shot his neighbor a year ago over a property line dispute has been convicted of 2nd Degree Murder. 61-year-old Keith Trosclair told police it was in self-defense, but But authorities say they had reason to doubt that version of events after reports from two witnesses that Trosclair was moving towards the victim while firing, and forensic evidence that indicated the neighbor, did not pose an immediate threat when Trosclair opened fire.
2nd Degree Murder carries a mandatory life sentence.
Baton Rouge Police say the 18-year-old son of Alton Sterling has been arrested and faces a charge of first-degree rape involving an 8-year-old he was babysitting. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says Sterling was at a hospital in the time between the incident and his arrest.