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In 2019, former lawman Murphy Painter dropped out of the race for Ascension Parish president after a quote was published online from a secret recording of him saying he was

A Louisiana appellate court upheld the convictions and sentences of former St. Tammany Parish sheriff Jack Strain, the north shore District Attorneys Office said in a news release.

Jack Strain, 59, the former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff, was sentenced to four life sentences on Tuesday on incest and sexual assault charges. His victims then got a chance to lash out at him.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge on Tuesday refused to overturn a former Louisiana sheriff's conviction on sex abuse charges, but limited the amount of restitution prosecutors could seek from him. Former St.

Jack Strain, who spent two decades in St. Tammany Parish's top law enforcement seat, will spend the next two weeks in a different seat: the defendant's chair.

Jack Strain, who spent two decades in St. Tammany Parish's top law enforcement seat, will spend the next two weeks in a different seat: the defendant's chair.

Jack Strain, who spent two decades in St. Tammany Parish's top law enforcement seat, will spend the next two weeks in a different seat: the defendant's chair.

Jack Strain, who spent two decades in St. Tammany Parish's top law enforcement seat, will spend the next two weeks in a different seat: the defendant's chair.

The jury selection process started Monday and went into recess around 1:30 p.m.

Voters gave Strain five terms as sheriff. Now a jury will decide whether the former lawman goes to prison.