by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 31, 2013 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
“Desperate times can make for desperate men” goes the old saying. The president of as homeowners association has told authorities that a gambling addiction caused him to engineer a white collar crime to the detriment of his own neighbors. Recently arrested...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 26, 2013 | Firm News, Sex Offenses
In a case that has been turning heads, a doctor allegedly violated his medical ethics in the worst way by touching one of his female patient in an offensive manner. The doctor has been charged with sexual assault of the woman who told police she was afraid to stop the...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 24, 2013 | Firm News, Sex Offenses
The old saying of having “the book thrown at you” was illustrated recently in the dramatic arrest of a fugitive. Topping the Louisiana man’s troubles is the alleged rape of a 6-year-old girl. The man, who is currently being held without bond, amassed...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 20, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
In a video that has gone viral on the Internet, folks in Louisiana and around the country are getting a fresh new look at a special and particularly aggravated brand of murder. It’s murder for hire, and the FBI says it’s a growing phenomenon in the U.S....
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 18, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
It was supposed to be a plot to fraudulently collect insurance money but murder reared its ugly head as the scheme went haywire. A woman accused of torching her own bakery in Gretna, Louisiana, probably had no knowledge of the felony-murder rule when she and perhaps...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 11, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
Even those who figure after a period of time that they have gotten away with murder can get a big, unwelcome surprise in the end. Case-in-point: Recently investigators have arrested a Baton Rouge woman in the 2000 stabbing death of her business partner at that...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 9, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
After authorities concluded that there were 30 active street gangs in the Baron Rouge parish with more than 500 members, they looked deeper and found that known gang members or gang-related violence was helping to propel the high homicide rate. Thus was born the Baton...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 5, 2013 | Drug Charges, Firm News
It took years of stake-outs, stings and authorized phone-tapping to discover just who was behind distributing heroin and the prescription pain drug Roxicodone, serious drug trafficking offenses in Baton Rouge. Undercover cops in unmarked cars watched as members of the...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Jul 3, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
The story is almost too tragic to comprehend — the father of an 11-month-old little girl was arrested and charged with first degree murder of the toddler. The dramatic arrest and charging of the father was preceded by the charging of a Baton Rouge woman for...