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Beginning January 24, 2022, a week-long jury trial was held in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse in the case of State of Louisiana v. Issac Gee. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Shirley Wilson-Davis and Danielle Linkford. The Honorable Frederick Jones presided over the trial. At the close of evidence, the jury deliberated for…

The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury met on January 20, 2022, to consider the matter of State of Louisiana v. Blake Bardwell. Ultimately, the Grand Jury returned a True Bill in the case indicting Blakewell for 2 counts of Second Degree Murder.

The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury met on November 19, 2021, to hear cases pending in Ouachita Parish. The Jury returned indictments in all cases. Defendant Tommy Wynn Johnson was indicted on charges of Domestic Abuse Battery, Domestic Abuse Battery by Strangulation, Aggravated Battery, and False Imprisonment with a Dangerous Weapon. Defendant Dorian Jamal Kennedy was…

The Office of the District Attorney received for review the final report of the Northeast Louisiana Sheriff’s Investigative Unit pertaining to the in-custody death of David Harris on April 3, 2021. The purpose for said review was for the determination of criminal wrongdoing. After careful review of the written reports, recorded statements of witnesses, numerous…

Thomas Ray Davis was found guilty as charged of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender- Second Offense following a jury trial at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.  The three day trial began on June 28, 2021. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Sean Southern and Holly Jones. The Defendant was represented by Attorney…

April 14, 2021 Jorge Lopez Benavides of Oxford, Mississippi, was found guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and 1 count of first degree vehicular negligent injuring. Trial of the matter was held on April 14, 2021. Assistant District Attorney Shirley Wilson Davis represented the State of Louisiana. The Defendant was represented by Attorney John…

Elliott Jackson was arrested and charged with one count of Attempted Armed Robbery, 1 count of Attempted Second Degree Murder and 1 count of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The charges arose from an incident that occurred on or about November 16, 2016, when the Defendant armed himself with a stolen firearm…

A Monroe man, Ivory Mock, Jr. was tried via bench trial by Judge Larry Jefferson in early September, 2019. Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Anderson prosecuted the matter for the state. The Defendant was represented by Attorney Kevin Johnson.  At trial, the Defendant was charged with 2 counts of Attempted First Degree Murder and 1 count…

On August 27-28, 2019, Judge Marcus Hunter conducted a bench trial in the matter of State of Louisiana v. David Arthur Smith.  The Defendant was charged with three counts of Attempted Second Degree Murder, 1 count of Second Degree Robbery, 1 count of Carjacking, 1 count of Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property, and 1 count…