Couvillon praised the outcome and investigation in a statement released Wednesday.

Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree battery and disturbing the peace through public intoxication.

GUYS, THOSE DETAILS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW. ALL RIGHT SCOTT, THANK YOU. TODAY, ARGUABLY THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN SAINT TAMMANY PARISH OUT ON BOND AND BACK AT WORK. WELL, WE JUST UNCOVERED HIS NEXT ...

A weathered cinder block sits on a shelf in St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz’s office — a reminder, he says, of deteriorating conditions at the parish jail and a December escape by three ...