Jack Strain pleads guilty to bribery charge after rape conviction
Once the highest ranking law enforcement official in St. Tammany Parish, Strain entered the plea clad in an orange jumpsuit.
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Once the highest ranking law enforcement official in St. Tammany Parish, Strain entered the plea clad in an orange jumpsuit.
Jack Strain's attorney has confirmed he will plead guilty to federal charges in a bribery and kickback scheme involving a work release program.
The fifth accuser, another relative of Strain’s said he came forward after seeing Mark Finn accuse Strain of rape on WWL-TV in 2019.
WWL-TV reporters Erika Ferrando and Sam Winstrom are at the Covington Courthouse and will provide updates throughout the day on the latest proceedings of the trial.
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.