Sheron Lewis will be sentenced on March 22 after being convicted of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A first degree murder conviction brings an automatic sentence of life in prison.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told a news conference that although the officers each played different roles in the killing, “they are all responsible.”
Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021
The transition is the first major personnel change for an administration that has had minimal turnover at its highest ranks and throughout the Cabinet.
A manhunt in Gonzales ended with multiple people taken into custody Thursday, Jan. 26, including two with warrants for crimes in Mississippi, according to investigators.
Many people are calling an off-duty deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office a hero after he unexpectedly saved a man’s life this weekend.