Justin Brown, the long-time #2 man at the Franklinton Police Department, has been named chief of police. The announcement was made late last week by Franklinton Mayor Richard Dillon. Dillon said he and the Franklinton Board of Aldermen are pleased about Brown's appointment.
Last Thursday, Washington Parish Sheriff's Office patrol deputies Justin Blackwell and James Gregorio responded to a report of a man causing a disturbance with passing traffic on Highway 21 in Varnado. While responding to the scene, the deputies were informed that Varnado Police Chief Louis Adams was fighting with the man.
Christopher Rashad Dillon, 25, of Franklinton, abruptly pleaded guilty last Tuesday near the end of his second day of trial for shooting his mother to death and injuring two others, including a Franklinton police officer.
With last week’s swearing in of Donna Steele and Dr. Jerry Thomas as new members of the Riverside Medical Center Board of Commissioners members, the make-up of the board for 2019 is now complete. Mrs. Steele was appointed by the Washington Parish Council in December. Dr. Thomas was appointed by the RMC Medical Staff, also in December.
District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced that a Washington Parish grand jury indicted five former deputies with the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office and 16 inmates on Monday of this week in connection with a rape and a beating at the parish jail last year.
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