Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain faces a mandatory life sentence after his conviction on eight charges of sex crimes involving several juveniles dating back to the 1970s. St. Tammany District Attorney Warren Montgomery. He says the guilty verdict is important because it reminds the public that everyone must be held accountable.
The jury found Strain guilty of four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated incest and one count of sexual battery, and one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Some surprising numbers from early voting in Louisiana for the November 13th election. Pollster John Couvilion tells us the figures far exceed those of 2017.
He says almost exclusively driving this increase is those choosing the mail-in option of voting..
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At last word, the search continued for a woman wanted for shooting her mother several times late Friday afternoon at a Lofton Street address in the Opelousas area. St. Landry Parish Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says Ashley Sims got into an argument with her mother. As for the latest condition on Ashley Sims’ mother, Vera Sims, Deputy Chief Thibodeaux had few details.
A Grand Jury indicts a St. Mary Parish man with 1st-Degree Murder, for burning his girlfriend and young nephew to death last summer. 49-year-old Derwin Hamilton faces life in prison if convicted. State Fire Marshal’s spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says it happened in July when firefighters were called to a mobile home fire in the town of Centerville. When they arrived, they got a horrible shock…:
Cut 12 (12) “…live-in boyfriend.”
Hamilton is also the great uncle of the 5-year-old boy who perished.