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One of two people charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man a year ago will serve a 50-year prison term if a judge accepts a plea agreement n ...

Suspected gang member from Thibodaux arrested in connection with fatal Houma shooting, police say A suspected gang member on the run after being charged in a deadly shooting at a Houma Sonic drive-in was arrested in Washington state, authorities said.  Travis Dwayne Mart Jr., 21, of Thibodaux, was taken into custody in Tacoma, Wash., by federal agents and was transferred Friday to Terrebonne, the parish Sheriff’s Office said.   Mart is one of several men indicted Dec. 8 in connection with a shooting July 19 at the Sonic on 5963 W. Main St. that killed 21-year-old Mcgarrete Jacks...

Terrebonne grand jury indicts seven suspected gang members A Terrebonne Parish grand jury has indicted seven suspected gang members on multiple charges in connection with a shooting last summer at a Houma Sonic drive-in that left one man dead.  Court records show the grand jury found enough evidence April 13 to charge Schriever residents Armontae Davis, 19; Arvontae Davis, 19; Ahcory Davis, 18; Xavier Walker, 23; D’ND Wright, 19; Chad Alex Jr., 20; and Trovone Taylor, 20. All are charged with racketeering, criminal property damage, criminal street gang activity and a host of ot...

Eight suspected gang members arrested in Terrebonne investigation Eight suspected gang members were arrested and four remain at large in connection with a series of recent Houma shootings, authorities said in a Thursday press conference.  Members of the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Gang Investigation Team, or GIT, launched an investigation into alleged criminal gang activity following a fatal shooting at a Houma Sonic drive-in July 19 that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Schriever man, Sheriff Tim Soignet said.  Soignet said he formed GIT with members of the Sheriff's Office Dete...

Illinois Department of Corrections A man in prison for a fatal robbery on the West Side is asking a Cook County judge to toss out his conviction, saying in a petition Thursday he should be freed as his co-defendant Xavier Walker was. Jovanie Long, 41, says Chicago police detectives roughed him up to extract a false confession to the 2000 shooting and that his trial lawyer made errors in representing him, including failing to enter photos of his injuries into evidence and not calling witnesses to support his alibi. “The conviction of Mr. Long and Mr. Walker rested entirely on the credibility...