Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail
Monroe News-Star
A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV.
Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state s 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated.
Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told USA Today Network that Victor qualified by proxy.
Victor was charged with murder in 2008 following the death of his 8-year-old stepson, M.L. Lloyd III. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 8:58 PM CST January 21, 2021 Updated: 10:12 PM CST January 29, 2021
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. A St. John the Baptist pastor whose 2014 murder conviction was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court last year is now running for Congress from his jail cell in central Louisiana while he waits for a new trial.
Errol Victor Sr., 54, qualified Thursday to run as a Republican in the 5th Congressional District for the seat left vacant when Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died of complications from COVID-19 before he could take office.
Updated: 2:47 PM CST December 31, 2020
NEW ORLEANS Deputies arrested a man in Laplace Thursday after he allegedly shot at them from inside an RV as they responded to a domestic dispute.
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre said in a statement that 42-year-old Stephen Compton of Centreville, Mississippi surrendered to officers sometime after firing a gun at them, and that nobody was injured.
Around 3:45 a.m., according to the sheriff s office, Compton s girlfriend called 911 to report that he had assaulted her. When deputies approached the RV where she was calling from, they told him to surrender.
Instead, Compton reportedly shot through the door at the deputies, who took cover. Eventually, Compton listened to the commands of the deputies and left the RV.