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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...

Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell announced that a Cut-Off man was found guilty of 1st Degree Rape and Sexual Battery by a Lafourche Parish jury earlier today, September 1st.   According to trial testimony, Morgan Ratley, 55, and the victim’s mother met online and formed a...