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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…
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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…
Employees of the District Attorney’s Office were at Bastrop High School on Friday, April 8th for the Career and Transition Fair. The focus of this event was to introduce students with special needs to the resources available in the community to support them in meeting their post-secondary goals in the areas of education, training, employment,…