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PORT ALLEN - A West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reserve deputy who livestreamed himself shooting rounds into a car on I-10 in August 2023 was indicted for malfeasance in office and illegal use of weapon charges Thursday.
Ascension Parish resident Edward Richmond Jr. faces charges related to the Jan. 6 riot and unrelated gun and ammo charges tied to his status as a felon. His lawyer thinks two cases in appeals might open up gun rights for felons.
A former Schofield Barracks soldier sentenced to three years in prison and dishonorably discharged from the Army for killing an unarmed Iraqi cow herder 20 years ago was ordered jailed for assaulting police officers with a metal baton at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Richmond was convicted of manslaughter in 2004 for fatally shooting an Iraqi cow herder in the head while serving in the U.S. Army.
A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago has been ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges.