Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Forty years after Donnell Bluain broke into East Jefferson homes to r**e and assault women, a Jefferson Parish jury deliberated about 45 minutes on Thursday (Sept. 3) in finding him guilty as charged of six counts of aggravated r**e, rejecting his assertions that corrupt police in two states fabricated DNA and other evidence to frame him. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Read about it: https://www.jpda.us/after-jpso-cold-case-investigation-donnell-bluain-convicted-of-raping-six-women-in-1986/

08/28/2026

Miker Ginorio beat his father to death in Gretna. Nathanial Hernandez beat and stabbed his girlfriend to death in Marrero. Ronell Everson r**ed a child. All three were sent to prison in recent days. Read about them here: https://www.jpda.us/news-round-up-two-murderers-and-a-child-rapist-sent-to-prison/

08/27/2026

Convicted of murdering a man and wounding two others and their dog Sweet Pea while trying to collect a drug debt, Arsenio Adams has been sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years. “Arsenio Adams was on a mission for one thing that night: To collect on his drug debt,” Assistant District Attorney Taylor Somerville told jurors in closing argument on July 16. “When they didn’t have it, he lit the house up like a Christmas tree, shooting Mr. Woods eight times. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Click here to read more: https://www.jpda.us/arsenio-adams-sentenced-to-life-plus-50-years-for-east-jefferson-shooting-that-left-man-dead-two-adults-and-their-dog-wounded/

08/18/2026

As the second day of his trial was beginning Tuesday (Aug. 18), Armande Tart, 30, pleaded guilty as charged to four murders and an attempted murder in connection with a brutal crime in a Metairie apartment complex in 2017. He was sentenced to life in prison. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Click the link to read about it: https://www.jpda.us/armande-tart-pleads-guilty-to-four-metairie-murders-gets-life-in-prison/

08/17/2026

Just as jury selection was set to begin in his murder trial, Talvis Keller pleaded today to manslaughter in exchange for a 35-year sentence, admitting he shot his girlfriend's father Taj Laurent Sr., during a Christmas night argument in Harvey. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Click the link to read about it: https://www.jpda.us/talvis-keller-pleads-guilty-to-killing-girlfriends-father-in-exchange-for-35-year-sentence/

08/17/2026

Byron Spottsville, 23, faces life in prison for the second-degree murder of Zashawn Espinoza, whom he shot in a Westwego playground last year. Click the link to read about it.

https://www.jpda.us/byron-spottsville-sentenced-to-life-for-westwego-playground-murder/

08/07/2026

Miker Ginorio beat his father Carlos Ginorio Sr., to death with a wooden baseball bat in their Gretna home. The 42-year-old Ginorio faces life in prison for his conviction Thursday of second-degree murder. Gretna Police Department Click the link to read about it: https://www.jpda.us/miker-ginorio-carlos-ginorio-sr-gretna-murder/

08/07/2026

Nathaniel Hernandez brutally stabbed his girlfriend Sara Torello 22 times and beat her before leaving her body underneath branches in a wooded area near Avondale. Hernandez, 43, of Marrero, was convicted of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice on Thursday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Click the link to read about it: https://www.jpda.us/nathaniel-hernandez-sara-torello-murder-marrero/