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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 31, 2020   Officer Was Previously Convicted of Related Obstruction Offenses Daniel Davis, 44, a former major at Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found guilty by a jury yesterday in federal court for his participation in the beating of an inmate who was handcuffed, shackled, and not resisting and for failing to intervene to stop his subordinates from participating in the same beating. In a previous trial in January 2018, Davis was convicted of conspiring with other officers to cover up the beating by...

TERRYTOWN, LA (WVUE) - Former John Curtis and NFL player Joe McKnight was killed Thursday in a possible road rage shooting at a busy Terrytown intersection, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said it happened just after 3 p.m. at the corner of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard. Two lanes of the roadway were shut down for several hours following the shooting. Multiple witnesses said a man in an Infiniti sedan pulled the victim from his Audi and shot him multiple times after a verbal altercation. Witnesses said the shooter then waited for police...

Rodeo contractor says Warden Cain demanded donation: A rodeo contractor claims Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain pressured him to donate to a prison chapel fund and sell advertising to keep a contract for supplying livestock for Angola Prison Rodeo performances. Dan Klein Jr. of St. Francisville said he gave a $1,000 payment to Cain in the spring of 2004 after reporting what he considered a shakedown attempt “to the right authorities to let them know what was going on.” Klein said a law enforcement agency supplied him with the money, but he declined to elaborate. Klein said Cain now...