Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced her Office will be opening a new south Lafourche office at 131 East 91st Street in Cut Off on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023. The new, temporary office is located behind the Greater Lafourche Port Commission main office. “In the...
Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced a Breaux Bridge man pled guilty to four (4) counts of Residential Contractor Fraud of $25,000 or more on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023. Assistant District Attorney Greg Stahlnecker, who prosecuted the case, negotiated the plea agreement of 18...
THIBODAUX - A Thibodaux man was convicted by a six-person jury of two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of negligent homicide after a four-day trial, announced Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell. During the trial, prosecution argued that then 39-year-old Joey Clement’s level of...
The Louisiana District Attorneys Association (LDAA) has announced that Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell was elected as the 1st Vice President for the LDAA Board of Directors and Officers for the ’23-’24 term. “I am honored to have been elected to serve on the LDAA...
THIBODAUX – A former financial advisor from Cut Off was convicted of racketeering, money laundering and eight counts of felony theft Friday afternoon following a week-long trial, announced District Attorney Kristine Russell. “The victims in this case have been a source of inspiration for us as...
Thibodaux, LA - District Attorney Kristine Russell has made three new appointments within the organizational structure of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office that will be taking effect Monday, June 19th, 2023. Lisa Orgeron has been appointed as the 1st Assistant District Attorney. Lisa has...
Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Golden Meadow man was found guilty as charged of 2nd Degree Murder Friday afternoon, April 21st, after a four-day trial. Travis Orso, 47, was arrested in May of 2020 after a Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office investigation revealed...
Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that her office, in partnership with the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lafourche (CAC), will be participating in National Child Abuse Prevention Month throughout the month of April in the hopes of raising awareness. “As a society, we would like...
Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Golden Meadow woman charged with two counts of Second Degree Cruelty to Juveniles in 2019 was found guilty as charged by a Lafourche parish jury Friday afternoon, March 31st. Jasmine Bouvier, 27, was arrested by the Lafourche...
Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Bourg man charged with Aggravated Crime Against Nature in April of 2019 was convicted as charged by a Lafourche parish jury on Friday, March 24th. The Honorable F. Hugh Larose presided over the two-day trial. Reuben Billiot,...