Mass shooter earns five life sentences
Wednesday, January 11, 2023, Judge Brenda Ricks awarded Dakota Michael Theriot three life sentences, and he will serve them without parole or probation. Theriot pleaded guilty to five First-Degree murder charges, hoping to escape the death penalty.
FBI agent hired to expose corrupt cops
Last week, a former Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy accused of horrific sex crimes pleaded guilty, avoiding a trial requiring his young victims to testify. His resulting 100-year sentence will land him in a prison where fellow inmates do not immediately kill police officers, rapists, and pedophiles.
Escaping Crime in New Orleans and Baton Rouge
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, crime rates in Baton Rouge and New Orleans broke records in 2022. This week, Bayou Justice offers survival techniques for visiting, working, or living in the danger zones.
Jean Lafitte, Gulf terror and Christmas pirate
Louisiana historians know Jean Lafitte as the pirate who, shortly before Christmas in 1814, surrendered his plunder to fight alongside Colonel Andrew Jackson to save the City of New Orleans. However, few know that Lafitte and his crew had more in common with Santa Claus and Robin Hood than with Blackbeard or Calico Jack Sparrow.