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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 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,...

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced a Thibodaux man charged with 2nd Degree Murder in September of 2019 was convicted as charged by a Lafourche parish jury after a three-day trial.   Brandon Goudy, 33, shot and killed the victim, Tedrick Johnson, in a drive-by style...

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Thibodaux man charged with Attempted Carjacking in May of 2022 was convicted as charged by a Lafourche Parish jury on Monday, March 13th, 2023.   Shortly before Patrick Gilton, 41, got into the female victim’s vehicle while she...

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Lockport man charged with Attempted 2nd Degree Murder and Domestic Abuse Battery 3rd Offense was convicted as charged by a Lafourche Parish jury on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 after a three-day trial.   Manuel Meek, 49, and the...

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Lockport man was unanimously convicted of Attempted Armed Robbery by a Lafourche Parish jury on Tuesday, September 27th, after a two-day trial.   Zolton Adams Jr., 22, was arrested by the Lockport Police Department in November of 2021...