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Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes have the benefit of the DWI Court Program that has been in existence since 2008. This is due to the grant given to our area by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. This funding has allowed these parishes to rehabilitate felony grade impaired driving offenders. It has had an extensive impact on…

The trial in the case of State of Louisiana v. Jeffery Lavell Marshall began Monday July 28, 2025, in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.  Marshall was charged with Second-Degree Murder for the homicide of Frederick Grayson-Thompson.  The trial concluded Thursday July 31, 2025, before a jury of twelve people. The jury deliberated less than one hour…

  PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE A five-day jury trial began on Monday July 7, 2025, and ended July 11, 2025, in the case of State of Louisiana v. Latron Jones. The case was tried at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse before the Honorable Wendell Manning Jones was charged with 1 count…

The trial in the case of the State of Louisiana v. Jarvis Booker began April 21, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Larry Jefferson at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.  Booker was charged with Domestic Abuse Battery-4th Offense, Simple Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Domestic Abuse Battery by Strangulation.  The bench trial lasted three days with Judge Jefferson…

On March 20, 2025, Terry Doughty, Chief Judge for the United States District Court in the Western District of Louisiana, sentenced two Monroe men to 8.5 years in federal prison for gun related offenses.   Andreveon Kyles was arrested in July 2024, following a traffic stop for illegal possession of a firearm by a person…

The trial in the case of State of Louisiana v. Kevontay Haynes began Monday March 10, 2025, in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. Kevontay was charged with First- Degree Murder and Second-Degree Kidnapping for the February 9, 2024, homicide of Jessica Douglas. The trial concluded Friday, March 14, 2025, before a jury of twelve people. The…

The trial in the case of State of Louisiana v. Jarvis Taylor began Monday January 13, 2025, in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. Taylor was charged with Second Degree Murder for the July 7-8, 2022, homicide of twenty-three year old Ebony Lewis. The trial concluded Wednesday, January 22, 2025, before a jury of twelve people. The…

The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury met on April 28, 2022, to hear evidence on eight felony cases. The Jury returned Indictments in all matters. Defendant Tony D. Davis was indicted for a March 2022 homicide of his domestic partner. Davis is charged with one count of Second Degree Murder. Defendant Christon Bradley was indicted for…

The trial in the case of State of Louisiana v. Bobby Joe Brown, Jr. began Monday, April 4, 2022, in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. The defendant was charged with 1 count of Aggravated Rape, 2 counts of Sexual Battery, and 1 count of Oral Sexual Battery. Testimony in the trial began on Wednesday and concluded…